• As Americans Return to Work, How Will COVID Change the Workplace?

    (HealthDay News) –White-collar employees heading back to the office after months of sheltering at home are likely to find a drastically changed workplace in the wake of COVID-19, experts say. Until now, offices have been designed primarily...

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • COVID and Hypochondria: Online Therapy May Help Ease Fears

    This is not a good time to have hypochondria. For folks who routinely obsess about their health, the coronavirus crisis could greatly magnify their distress. But there’s some good news for them in this era of sheltering-in-place....

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • Trump Taking Drug Discredited as Safe or Effective Against Coronavirus

    Despite numerous studies suggesting that certain drugs touted by President Donald Trump as “game changers” against coronavirus are actually useless and even harmful, Trump on Monday claimed he has been taking one of them for more than...

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • Trump Tells WHO That U.S. Funding Will End if Changes Aren’t Made

    (HealthDay News) — President Donald Trump told the World Health Organization on Monday that the United States would permanently end all funding to the organization if it did not agree to make significant changes in the next...

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: May 19, 2020

    Large Decline Seen in U.S. Childhood Vaccination Rates During Pandemic Use 'Extreme Caution' in Reopening Nursing Homes: CMS Pro Sports Should Plan to Resume Play: NY Governor Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine Appears Safe, Triggers Immune Response

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • Pulmonary Rehab Can Help People With COPD, So Why Do So Few Get It?

    Roughly 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but only a fraction have access to a lifesaving treatment called pulmonary rehabilitation. COPD is a family of diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, that make breathing...

    • Posted May 18, 2020
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  • COVID-19 Will Delay 28 Million Elective Surgeries Worldwide: Study

    The coronavirus pandemic could scuttle more than 28 million elective surgeries across the globe this year, according to a new study. British researchers gathered information from surgeons at 359 hospitals in 71 countries about elective surgery plans,...

    • Posted May 18, 2020
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  • Most U.S. States Reopening as Coronavirus Cases Decline

    (HealthDay News) — While most U.S. states had loosened social distancing restrictions by Monday, new data shows the number of coronavirus cases in the country has dropped in recent days. According to The New York Times, in...

    • Posted May 18, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: May 18, 2020

    WHO's Response to Coronavirus Pandemic Should Be Evaluated: Member Nations Coronavirus Tests Available to Anyone in LA Large-Scale Testing of Some Coronavirus Vaccines Could Start in July: NIH Director Abbott Rapid Coronavirus Test Could Miss Infections: FDA

    • Posted May 18, 2020
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  • Watch Out for Your Teen’s Mental Health

    The coronavirus pandemic has been tough on Americans of all ages, but parents need to watch their teens for signs of depression, anxiety, anger and other emotional and mental health problems, a leading pediatricians’ group says. “It’s...

    • Posted May 17, 2020
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