Getting safe emergency care during COVID-19 Find out when to get emergency care for non-COVID-19 symptoms and COVID-19 symptoms, and learn what emergency rooms are doing to keep you safe during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Jun 30, 2020 0 3
Findings weaken notion that size equals strength for neural connections Learning, memory and behavioral disorders can arise when the connections between neuron, called synapses, do not change properly in response to experience. Scientists have studied this "synaptic plasticity" for decades, but ... Jun 30, 2020 0 168
Some doctors think face shields protect against the coronavirus as well as masks Now that we've gotten used to the idea of wearing masks or bandannas when we go out in public, some doctors are proposing an alternative. Jun 30, 2020 0 9
Fearing the deadly combo of COVID-19 and cancer Three Tuesdays each month, Katherine O'Brien straps on her face mask and journeys about half an hour by Metra rail to Northwestern University's Lurie Cancer Center. Jun 30, 2020 0 2
Pregnancy and COVID-19: What are the risks? If you are pregnant, you recently delivered a baby or you are breast-feeding, you're probably concerned about the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on you and your baby. Here's what you need to know. Jun 30, 2020 0 2
COVID-19 is more likely to hospitalize and even kill people with these preexisting conditions With the number of COVID-19 cases nationally now numbering in the millions, and a vaccine still at least months away, doctors, hospitals, and analysts are trying to limit the virus's devastation by learning which patients ... Jun 30, 2020 0 30
Number of people buying prescription medications outside U.S. could rise with unemployment, uninsured rates Buying prescription drugs from outside the United States could become more common with millions of Americans unemployed and uninsured because of the coronavirus pandemic. Jun 30, 2020 0 3
COVID-19 safety: Tips for leaving home to travel, visit restaurants and more If coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stay-at-home restrictions are easing in your community, you might wonder how to visit public places and protect your health. Here's what you need to know. Jun 30, 2020 0 1
You could use a hug. Here are some safe options Lying in a fetal position next to my laptop on a lazy Saturday afternoon, a soothing voice wafts over Zoom and asks me if my body parts are "saying anything." Jun 30, 2020 0 3
Latin America, Caribbean may see virus deaths quadruple: experts The Pan American Health Organization warned Tuesday the coronavirus death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean could top 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures. Jun 30, 2020 0 1