Britain ahead of entire EU on vaccines Britain has vaccinated more people against COVID-19 than the 27-nation European Union put together, according to an AFP tally on Wednesday. Jan 6, 2021 0 9
An epidemic of overdiagnosis: Melanoma diagnoses skyrocket In a Sounding Board article published in The New England Journal of Medicine, H. Gilbert Welch MD, MPH, Senior Investigator, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital and colleagues present evidence ... Jan 6, 2021 0 23
Morocco approves use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Morocco has approved the emergency use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, jointly developed with the U.K.'s Oxford University. Jan 6, 2021 0 1
Global virus deaths hit record high as EU approves second vaccine The EU cleared a second coronavirus vaccine for use on Wednesday bringing relief to European countries struggling with spiralling infections, as the world clocked up a record number of deaths in a single day. Jan 6, 2021 0 5
WHO warns of 'hard road ahead' to beat pandemic World Health Organization experts warned Wednesday there could be six months of "hard, hard road ahead" in 2021 before vaccines turn the tide against the coronavirus pandemic. Jan 6, 2021 0 3
Free, affordable health clinics play crucial role in coronavirus pandemic When Ebony Bascomb's husband was diagnosed with colon cancer in September, she had to take a three-month leave of absence and cut back on her hours at the fast food restaurant where she is an assistant manager, to care for ... Jan 6, 2021 0 2
Children's hospitals are partly to blame as superbugs increasingly attack kids A memory haunts Christina Fuhrman: the image of her toddler Pearl lying pale and listless in a hospital bed, tethered to an IV to keep her hydrated as she struggled against a superbug infection. Jan 6, 2021 0 3
1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have had severe allergic reactions, US health officials said Wednesday while stressing that the benefits of immunization greatly outweigh ... Jan 6, 2021 0 75
Amazon now sells at-home COVID-19 testing kits as cases continue to rise in the U.S. Amazon is now selling COVID-19 tests for customers to use at home as cases continue to rise in the U.S. Jan 6, 2021 0 6
The link between opioid medication and pancreatic cancer Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that opioid use might increase a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Jan 6, 2021 0 64
