Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Poll: US trust in COVID-19 information down

Americans have lost trust across the board in the people and institutions informing them about the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public ...

Medications

Lack of females in drug dose trials leads to overmedicated women

Women are more likely than men to suffer adverse side effects of medications because drug dosages have historically been based on clinical trials conducted on men, suggests new research from the University of California, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cheap, frequent COVID tests could be 'akin to vaccine,' professor says

A Harvard epidemiologist and expert in disease testing is calling for a shift in strategy toward a cheap, daily, do-it-yourself test that he says can be as effective as a vaccine at interrupting coronavirus transmission—and ...

Medical research

Harvard researchers want more 'crappy' tests for COVID-19

The aphorism "perfect is the enemy of good enough" has been played out to tragic effect in the US's inadequate testing for the coronavirus, according to researchers calling for quick tests that cost only about a dollar each, ...

Medications

Kodak lands loan to bolster US-produced drug supply

Eastman Kodak will receive a federal loan of $765 million to help reduce reliance on other countries for ingredients in generic drugs, an agreement President Donald Trump hailed Tuesday as a breakthrough in bringing more ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Some hospitals in COVID-19 hotspots running short of remdesivir

(HealthDay)—Some U.S. hospitals in COVID-19 hotspots are running short of the antiviral drug remdesivir—the only drug authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat the disease—while hospitals in other ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US sues Chinese firm over half-million 'fake' N95 masks

The US Justice Department sued a Chinese company for selling nearly a half million fake and substandard N95 respirator to US buyers in April as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country.

page 12 from 27