Brazil starts vaccinating children after weeks of delay Fifteen Brazilian children received COVID-19 vaccines on Friday, marking the start of an effort that was delayed several weeks by the federal government's reluctance to endorse the immunization of children. Jan 14, 2022 0 9
Website for free virus tests is coming. How will it work? Under criticism after weeks of shortages, President Joe Biden's administration is working to make COVID-19 rapid test kits more available and accessible to Americans by boosting supply and lowering costs. A new federal website ... Jan 14, 2022 0 5
Telemedicine may increase surgical care for historically underrepresented patient groups The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the way that patients access health care. While previous studies have revealed inequities in telemedicine usage during the spring of 2020, there are fewer analyses of other aspects of its ... Jan 14, 2022 0 11
Czechs to let some workers stay on after testing positive The new Czech government will allow some workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus to stay on the job, in an extraordinary measure to ease possible staff shortages caused by an anticipated surge of the omicron ... Jan 14, 2022 0 13
Politics still make people sick Scrolling social media, reading websites, listening to podcasts, watching news. With so many options, it's never been easier to follow American politics, but at what cost? Jan 14, 2022 1 96
Young Alzheimer's patients dealt a blow by Medicare's refusal to cover drug Jay Reinstein and Michele Hall wouldn't seem to most people like they would be in danger of suffering from a disease typically associated with aging. Jan 14, 2022 1 4
US Omicron cases receding in New York, major cities: data The United States' Omicron wave is beginning to recede in New York and other major cities, official data showed this week, even as COVID-19 hospitalizations, a lagging indicator, reached new highs. Jan 14, 2022 0 6
Optimizing treatments for high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease could save lives, according to researchers A recent study shows that optimizing medicines for high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease patients living in East London could reduce lifetime hospital costs and prevent cardiovascular events such as heart attacks ... Jan 14, 2022 0 26
Nuclei-free cells prove utility in delivering therapeutics to diseased tissues Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health report successfully removing the nucleus out of a type of ubiquitous cell, known as enucleation, then using ... Jan 14, 2022 0 51
Rapid test for detecting COVID-19 highly accurate for children and adolescents In a large prospective study of just over 1,000 patients ages 17 and younger who were seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) testing site during a seven-month period last year, researchers from Johns ... Jan 14, 2022 0 92