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Three new studies show corticosteroids can reduce deaths in critically ill COVID-19 patients. But what about other patients?
COVID-19 plagues an overtaxed opioid addiction treatment system.
With tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases on college campuses, a scientist asks: Why did colleges open in the first place?
The new BinaxNOW antigen test is quick, easy, accurate and cheap. It could solve the US testing problem, but the emergency…
September is Alzheimer's Awareness Month and therefore a good time to talk about dementia. Alzheimer's is the most…
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The US response to the coronavirus was slow and problematic, but it also was rooted in a 19th-century way of viewing public…
Disaster preparation and evacuation procedures weren't made for social distancing. The pandemic means response decisions…
Current rates of vaccine hesitancy could jeopardize efforts to achieve herd immunity in the US, says Matt Motta, a political…
School nurses were already overwhelmed, with hundreds of students and staff in their charge. Now, COVID-19 screenings and…
In the middle of the pandemic, the Trump administration is pursuing policy and a court ruling that would take away health…
New data shows the Great Recession hurt older, poorer Blacks and Hispanics the most. The pandemic downturn is likely to…
Wildfires blanketing several Western cities are creating hazardous health conditions. Don't count on cloth masks to…
Aerosols of some FDA-approved food coloring could deactivate airborne viruses.
Those opposing vaccinations often mistrust government, science and the news media. There may be better ways to persuade…
Pandemic policy experts offer 10 recommendations that could reduce the risk that a bad flu season on top of the COVID-19…