Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hospitals full, doctors treated her severe COVID-19 at home
(HealthDay)—New York City resident Jeanne Jennings was so sick with COVID-19 she couldn't draw a decent breath.
Aug 11, 2020
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Vaccination
US FDA concerned over potential Novavax myocarditis risk
The Food and Drug Administration voiced concern Friday about myocarditis being potentially linked to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, just as experts are to weigh its use in the United States.
Jun 4, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Smell test may predict early stages of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), New York State Psychiatric Institute, and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that an odor identification test may prove useful in predicting cognitive decline and detecting ...
Jul 26, 2016
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Health
Tough gun laws keep more hands off the trigger: study
Debate over the value of tough state gun control laws has reached a fever pitch following last month's deadly shooting of 17 people at a Florida high school.
Mar 5, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fifth of New Yorkers infected with coronavirus, antibody test suggests
More than one in five New Yorkers may have already had the new coronavirus, a testing sample showed Thursday, suggesting infections are much higher than confirmed cases suggest.
Apr 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus: New York launches its own hand sanitizer
New York—under a state of emergency following a coronavirus outbreak—on Monday launched its own brand of hand sanitizer, made by jail inmates.
Mar 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rotavirus vaccine controls annual threat to vulnerable infants and toddlers
Before a rotavirus vaccine became available in 2006, the infection was an enormous wintertime burden—a cause of severe epidemics that threatened infants' lives, and sometimes claimed them.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Midwifery care at hospitals is associated with fewer medical interventions
In a new, hospital-level analysis by health policy researcher Laura Attanasio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Katy Kozhimannnil at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, they report that women ...
Nov 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Two new Omicron subvariants fueling COVID infections in New York state
Rising coronavirus infections in New York state appear to be driven by two new versions of the Omicron BA.2 variant, and may explain why the state has been the national coronavirus hot spot in recent weeks, state health officials ...
Apr 14, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In New York, Omicron revives dark memories of a nightmarish 2020
With restaurants in Brooklyn closing in rapid succession and lines at COVID-19 test centers swelling by the day, fears are growing in New York of a return to the nightmare of 2020, when the city was the global epicenter of ...
Dec 19, 2021
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