The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) last week to two at-home tests to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including the first home test that does ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Genomic surveillance—using information about genetic differences between virus samples—can help identify how SARS-CoV-2 spreads in care home settings, whose residents are at particular risk, according to new research ...
Mar 3, 2021
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New COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes have fallen to their lowest number since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started keeping track in May 2020, which suggests that vaccines are helping and that it ...
Mar 3, 2021
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Marilyn Rantz still remembers the day she got the call that her mother, whose health had been declining, had fallen and fractured her shoulder. After rushing to the hospital, her mother told her she didn't understand how ...
Feb 26, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have increased use of health services compared with those without IBD, according to a study published online Feb. 24 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a ...
Feb 24, 2021
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German Health Minister Jens Spahn urged caution on Sunday in the face of rising coronavirus infection numbers, just as schools across the country prepare to reopen.
Feb 21, 2021
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A group of researchers has developed a new program showing participation and activity is critical for the rehabilitation of older adults in long-term care.
Feb 19, 2021
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Britain's coronavirus vaccination programme passed the 15 million mark on Sunday, hours after New Zealand, so far largely spared by the pandemic, ordered its largest city into lockdown.
Feb 14, 2021
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With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing an already stretched NHS workforce to new levels of stress, burnout, and trauma, Jeremy Hunt says he regrets not acting earlier to expand numbers of doctors and nurses during his time as ...
Feb 10, 2021
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A 116-year-old French nun who is believed to be the world's second-oldest person has survived COVID-19 and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thursday.
Feb 9, 2021
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