Medications
Old drugs might treat COVID-19—so we're using pieces of coronavirus to find out
Why don't we have drugs to treat COVID-19 and how long will it take to develop them?
Mar 20, 2020
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News tagged with economic crisis
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How is the European Union dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and financial meltdown?
As cases of COVID-19 multiply across the European continent, European Union officials have taken drastic steps to slow the spread of the disease and stem the financial havoc it will wreak. Still, leaders in Brussels have ...
Mar 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Venezuela hospital makes its own masks to confront new virus
Medical supplies of almost any sort are in short supply in Venezuela, so workers at a maternity hospital in Caracas are racing to confront the rapidly spreading coronavirus by making surgical masks, one by one.
Mar 18, 2020
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Medications
Venezuelans turn to alternative medicine amid shortages
The small waiting room at the home of self-styled healer "Brother Guayanes" in Caracas' rundown Petare district fills up quickly with patients—business has never been better.
Oct 8, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malaria back with a vengeance in crisis-hit Venezuela
If it weren't for the Center for Malaria Studies in Caracas, Francelis Pacheco would have been unable to get treatment for a disease she has contracted around 20 times.
May 25, 2019
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Pediatrics
Long-term unemployment linked to increase in neonatal abstinence syndrome
Babies born after being exposed to opioids before birth are more likely to be delivered in regions of the U.S. with high rates of long-term unemployment and lower levels of mental health services, according to a study from ...
Jan 29, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Measles cases rise 30 percent worldwide: UN
Measles cases worldwide jumped more than 30 percent last year compared to 2016, with increases recorded in wealthy European countries like Germany where vaccination coverage has historically been high, the UN said Thursday.
Nov 29, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Jumping to scientific conclusions challenges biomedical research
Improving experimental design and statistical analyses alone will not solve the reproducibility crisis in science, argues Ray Dingledine in a societal impact article published in eNeuro. Repeating classic behavioral economics ...
Sep 4, 2018
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Health
Report highlights deepening Venezuela health crisis
Venezuela's opposition-dominated Congress said Monday the country's deepening economic crisis has left hospitals lacking even the most basic medicines and surgical materials.
Mar 20, 2018
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Health
Birth rate in Brazil falls to 26-year low after Zika crisis
The birth rate in Brazil has fallen by its fastest rate in nearly three decades after the Zika and microcephaly crisis of 2016.
Nov 14, 2017
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