All posts by LadyLively

  • Inhaler Use Up During Coronavirus Pandemic

    Daily use of inhaler medication by Americans with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed data on controller inhaler use by nearly 7,600 patients who...

    • Posted May 6, 2020
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  • Study Will Track Coronavirus in Kids, Their Families

    U.S. researchers have started enrolling participants in a study to assess the rate of new coronavirus infection among children and their families. The study — sponsored and funded by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

    • Posted May 6, 2020
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  • Layoffs and Losses: COVID-19 Leaves U.S. Hospitals in Financial Crisis

    The COVID-19 pandemic has done untold economic damage in the United States, with businesses shuttering and people self-isolating at home to try to slow the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus. You might think hospitals and health...

    • Posted May 6, 2020
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  • New Coronavirus Strain More Contagious, Scientists Say

    A new, mutated strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has become dominant and appears to be more contagious than the strain that spread during the early stages of the pandemic, scientists report. They said the new...

    • Posted May 6, 2020
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  • Coronavirus Task Force to Wind Down as U.S. Cases Climb Past 1.2 Million

    Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that the White House coronavirus task force will likely disband within a month, even as the number of coronavirus cases climbed passed 1.2 million and the death toll passed 71,000. The...

    • Posted May 6, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: May 6, 2020

    Human Trials of Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine Begin in U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg Treated for Gallbladder Infection U.S. COVID-19 Death Estimate Doubled

    • Posted May 6, 2020
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  • Injuries a Drain on Employee Productivity

    Injuries in the United States take a huge toll on the workplace, new research shows. For the study, researchers analyzed millions of workplace health insurance claims among adults aged 18 to 64 between 2014 and 2015, with...

    • Posted May 5, 2020
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  • Don’t Wait on Stroke Symptoms During Coronavirus Pandemic

    With increasing evidence showing a link between COVID-19 and stroke, it’s more important than ever to call 911 if someone shows signs they are having one, experts say. “Despite a growing connection between COVID-19 and an increased...

    • Posted May 5, 2020
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  • Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk of Fatal COVID-19: Study

    Because people who receive a donor kidney are often on immune-suppressing medications, they’re at extremely high risk of dying if COVID-19 strikes, a new report warns. The study, from doctors at Montefiore Medical Center in hard-hit New...

    • Posted May 5, 2020
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  • Cats, Dogs and Coronavirus: How Safe Are Your Pets?

    Nadia, a tiger at New York City’s Bronx Zoo, tested positive for the coronavirus. A few pet cats in the United States (and maybe one dog) have, too. And since the novel coronavirus causing the current pandemic...

    • Posted May 5, 2020
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