Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The vulnerable lack access to COVID treatments. Will it get worse?

There have never been more COVID-19 treatments available than right now. The U.S. government is distributing more than 1 million courses of monoclonal antibody and antiviral therapies to the states and federal agencies this ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Specialist anti-hoarding teams needed across the UK

Housing officers need better training or even specialist anti-hoarding teams to deal with hoarders—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Oncology & Cancer

Housing insecurity high among cancer survivors

High housing costs, frequent moves and homelessness are higher among cancer survivors and can negatively affect their long-term care, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say

The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC encourages more Americans to consider N95 masks

U.S. health officials on Friday encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by health-care workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, and clarified that the guidance applies to kids as well as ...

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