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U.S. Jobless Numbers Soar While WHO Warns Coronavirus Isn’t Going Away
(HealthDay News) — The coronavirus crisis has pushed almost 3 million more Americans into the ranks of the unemployed, according to new statistics released Thursday. At the same time, the World Health Organization warned that the new...
- Posted May 14, 2020
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Health Highlights: May 14, 2020
Coronavirus Test Used By White House May Miss Nearly Half of Infections: Study Wisconsin's Extension of Stay-at-Home Order Overturned U.S. Project Would Produce Hundreds of Millions of Prefilled Syringes if Coronavirus Vaccine Developed
- Posted May 14, 2020
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Italian Doctors Detail Cases of Inflammatory Condition in Kids With COVID-19
As New York City officials grapple with the sudden appearance of a rare inflammatory condition in children exposed to COVID-19, a new Italian report describes similar cases that have cropped up in that country. The researchers say...
- Posted May 14, 2020
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More Evidence Sugary Drinks Harm Women’s Hearts
Women who drink a lot of sodas, sweetened juices and other sugary drinks are at greater risk of developing heart disease, a new study finds. Those who drink one or more a day have nearly a 20%...
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Could Survivors’ Blood Help Patients Battling COVID-19? Trials May Tell
Could blood plasma drawn from people who’ve recovered from COVID-19 help prevent new coronavirus infections or ease symptoms in those already infected? Two groups of researchers aim to find out. One clinical trial, from doctors at NYU...
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Top Health Officials Warn Against Reopening as Millions More Americans Go Out
(HealthDay News) — Even as the country’s top health officials testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of reopening too quickly, a new report shows millions more Americans are now venturing out in public. About 25...
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Health Highlights: May 13, 2020
New York City May Have Had Thousands More COVID-19 Deaths Than Thought Any Smoking, Drinking in Pregnancy Threatens Baby's Brain: Study Doctors Without Borders' Team Sent to Navajo Nation to Fight COVID Putin's Spokesman Hospitalized With COVID-19 New Study Latest to...
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Pandemic Lockdown Increases Child Abuse Risk
Hunkering down during the coronavirus pandemic has stressed families and raised the risk for child abuse, Penn State researchers report. “We’re very worried about children becoming more seriously injured over longer periods of time before they can...
- Posted May 12, 2020
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Stomach Ills May Signal COVID-19 in Kids, Study Says
A cough or other respiratory symptoms aren’t the only early signs of COVID-19 in children, according to researchers. They examined the cases of five children who were admitted to the hospital with digestive tract symptoms and later...
- Posted May 12, 2020
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Most Americans Were Staying Home Before Government Mandates: Study
Most Americans voluntarily stayed at home during the early days of the COVID-19 tsunami, before states began issuing official “shelter-in-place” orders, new research indicates. Why? Because statewide emergency declarations coupled with news — of first infections, first...
- Posted May 12, 2020