All posts by LadyLively

  • How One Very Ill Infant Survived COVID-19

    A 3-week-old Texas infant in critical condition with COVID-19 was successfully treated and recovered, doctors report. This is one of the first cases of its kind, according to the team of doctors at the University of Texas...

    • Posted May 1, 2020
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  • ECMO: Technology That Might Help COVID Patients When Ventilators Can’t

    Many people who are seriously ill with COVID-19 end up on ventilators to help them breathe, but sometimes, even ventilators aren’t enough. That’s when a device called ECMO may help. ECMO can do the work of the...

    • Posted May 1, 2020
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  • CDC Draft Guidelines For Reopening U.S. Being Reviewed by White House

    Spaced-out seating in schools, virtual or outdoor religious services, and disposable menus, plates and utensils at restaurants are among U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention draft guidelines for reopening certain aspects of daily life during the...

    • Posted May 1, 2020
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  • White House Says Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Ready By January

    As national guidelines on social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic expired Thursday, the White House announced an initiative to produce a COVID-19 vaccine that could be available nationwide by January. President Donald Trump said it is not...

    • Posted May 1, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: May 1, 2020

    New Initiative to Study Coronavirus Genome Mental Health Struggles Common During Pandemic Lockdown: Survey More Airlines to Make Passenger Face Coverings Mandatory

    • Posted May 1, 2020
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  • During Coronavirus Pandemic, Don’t Ignore Symptoms of Heart Attack, Stroke

    Fewer heart attack and stroke patients are seeking medical care since the coronavirus pandemic began and doctors are wondering why. It’s possible that during the pandemic, patients are ignoring symptoms that would otherwise worry them, doctors from...

    • Posted April 30, 2020
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  • Should Face Shields Replace Face Masks to Ward Off Coronavirus?

    Hundreds of millions of Americans heeded recent government advice and rushed to wear cloth face masks, hoping they might prevent transmission of the new coronavirus. But there’s another option: The clear plastic face shield, already in use...

    • Posted April 30, 2020
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  • Trump Says Federal Guidelines on Social Distancing Set to Expire

    Social distancing guidelines crafted by the federal government to stem the spread of coronavirus expire on Thursday, but President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has no intention of extending the measures. “They’ll be fading out, because now...

    • Posted April 30, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: April 30, 2020

    LA First Major U.S. City to Offer Free Coronavirus Tests Seniors Face Long Delays in Getting Medicare Coverage VA Giving Unproven Drug to COVID-19 Patients Company Selling Direct-to-Consumer Coronavirus Antibody Test

    • Posted April 30, 2020
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  • Don’t Let the Coronavirus Pandemic Rob You of Your Sleep

    If you toss and turn every night because the coronavirus epidemic has left you anxious and worried, one sleep expert has some advice. Financial struggles, loss of control, or worries about loved ones can affect peoples’ quality...

    • Posted April 29, 2020
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