You've had your COVID vaccine: Here's what to expect after Worried or wondering about COVID-19 vaccines? Feb 22, 2021 0 10
New hope for better treatments against macular degeneration A number of new treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive eye disease, are under development. AMD is a leading cause of vision loss in older people. Feb 22, 2021 0 6
Pediatric inpatient admissions down during pandemic Inpatient pediatric admissions were down across a wide range of diagnoses during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Feb. 12 in JAMA Network Open. Feb 22, 2021 0 5
Tips to keep young athletes injury-free Today's young athletes push themselves harder than ever before, which raises their odds for injury, experts say. Feb 22, 2021 0 3
Absence of natural killer cell receptor associated with severe COVID-19 The course and severity of COVID-19 in individual patients is largely influenced by the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the human immune system. Normally, the antiviral immune response of natural killer ... Feb 22, 2021 0 32
U.S. to provide $4 billion for international COVID-19 vaccine program The United States will soon start providing $4 billion for COVAX, an international program to buy and distribute COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries. Feb 22, 2021 0 2
Meeting the challenges of type 1 diabetes in the teen years Diabetes is never an easy disease to manage, but coping with type 1 diabetes can be a particularly difficult challenge for teens. Feb 22, 2021 0 8
How stigma and discrimination link to rise in drug deaths among Scotland's poor For more than a decade, drug-related deaths (DRD) in Scotland have been rising – alongside evidence which suggests that the country has had much less success in treating and supporting people who use drugs compared to ... Feb 22, 2021 0 3
Carolina clinical trial tests effectiveness of mouthwash to kill coronavirus Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry have launched a clinical trial to test whether mouthwash can reduce a person's risk of spreading coronavirus. Feb 22, 2021 0 12
Approved U.S. COVID vaccines are safe, new review confirms Only a tiny fraction of the nearly 14 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the first month of vaccinations produced any sort of adverse event, U.S. health officials report. Feb 22, 2021 0 2
