Medications
These doctors are treating COVID smell loss by sticking plasma-soaked sponges up people's noses
Nancy Damato walked past a garbage can the other day and caught a whiff of decaying banana peel.
Apr 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Most vulnerable still in jeopardy as COVID precautions ease
Two years into the pandemic Jackie Hansen still left home only for doctor visits, her immune system so wrecked by cancer and lupus that COVID-19 vaccinations couldn't take hold.
Feb 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As case counts fall, WHO chief warns 'COVID isn't finished'
The head of the World Health Organization insisted Wednesday that "COVID isn't finished with us," appealing for more support to fight the pandemic after his agency reported that new infections fell but virus deaths rose worldwide ...
Feb 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EXPLAINER: What COVID-19 therapies are available in US?
The U.S. recently added two new weapons to its small arsenal against the coronavirus: pills that patients can take at home to treat COVID-19.
Dec 24, 2021
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Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joined the race for an easy-to-use medication to treat the ...
Nov 6, 2021
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Vaccination
We've been here before: How polio vaccine rollout saved millions of young lives
(HealthDay)—An infection that can disable and kill stalks the land, but a brand-new vaccine offers hope that almost everyone, kids included, can evade it. After scientific testing, a nationwide rollout of the vaccine begins.
Nov 2, 2021
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Medications
Merck says COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization
In a potential leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic, drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental pill for people sick with COVID-19 reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half.
Oct 2, 2021
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Vaccination
Five billion COVID shots: a state of play worldwide
More than five billion anti-COVID jabs have been given globally, but wide disparities between rich and poor countries in access to vaccines persist.
Aug 24, 2021
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The Lancet: CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine is safe and protects against disease, interim analysis
Interim data from a phase 3 trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed in China (CoronaVac) suggests that two doses offer 83.5% protection against symptomatic COVID-19.
Jul 9, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Experts see strides on AIDS, but COVID-19 halted progress
Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a U.S. campaign to decimate the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Jun 4, 2021
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