If you’re unsure of whether or not you contracted COVID-19, you may have had unusual symptoms that could give you clues. For instance, the CDC has listed “loss of taste or smell” as a symptom of the virus. Many people who had COVID-19 have also reported strange frostbite-like patches on […]
Employment for frontline healthcare workers should be conditional on COVID-19 vaccination, and unless they have a valid medical reason for not getting the jab, persistent refusniks should be temporarily redeployed to protect their colleagues and patients, argue ethicists in the Journal of Medical Ethics. The ramifications of not getting vaccinated, […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for April 26 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Officials in Iowa have reportedly asked for nearly 22,000 additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine set to be shipped to the state this week to be withheld due to […]
French-Austrian vaccine developer Valneva on Wednesday announced that it had launched a Phase 3 trial of its candidate vaccine against COVID-19—the last testing stage before seeking regulatory approval. The study, which has been dubbed “Cov-Compare”, will compare how participants’ immune systems respond to Valneva’s VLA2001 vaccine with how they respond […]
California Healthline correspondent Rachel Bluth unpacked California’s newly expanded vaccine eligibility rules and the state’s vaccine appointment website on KALW’s “Your Call” on Thursday. Click here to hear Bluth on KALW California Healthline correspondent Angela Hart discussed California cities’ experiment with city-managed homeless camps on KQED’s “Forum” on Thursday. Click […]
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Controversial Covid antiviral remdesivir DOES work: Study claims patients given the drug start recovering two days sooner despite WHO trial finding it has no benefit Johns Hopkins University researchers studied the use of the drug in 570 COVID-19 patients Remdesivir remains the only COVID-19 treatment the FDA has given emergency […]
A set of surveys fielded last year found that a large majority of U.S. adults support COVID-19 mitigation measures, including indoor mask wearing, social distancing, and contact tracing, with significant differences across certain groups. The surveys, which followed the same people in April, July, and November 2020, were conducted by […]
Reinfection with COVID-19 in people who’ve already had the illness is very rare, and most people are protected against reinfection for at least six months, a new report finds. However, immunity appears to drop sharply in those aged 65 and older, researchers found. Reporting Wednesday in The Lancet, a team […]
This year, COVID-19 has made decisions around surgery tougher than ever for folks who may need one. But one major medical group can help provide some answers. Top on their list: Is it safe to have surgery right now? “It is very safe to have surgery, especially with all of […]