MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A mad dash is afoot to craft a vaccine for the new coronavirus that’s ravaging China and starting to spread across the globe, with possibly dozens of labs working on permanent protection against the pathogen. Researchers say an effective vaccine could be createdContinue Reading

FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As China races to stem the spread of a new coronavirus that has now infected nearly 10,000 people and killed more than 200, researchers report that a novel approach to gene sequencing could help monitor coronaviruses more effectively. Coronaviruses in bats have beenContinue Reading

FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The Affordable Care Act might have done more than provide more Americans with health insurance: New research suggests accompanying expansions in Medicaid may be linked to higher numbers of low-income people having jobs or going to school. That’s what happened after Michigan expandedContinue Reading

FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — It’s hard to believe, but America’s favorite puppy wrangler used to live in a housing development that didn’t allow pets. “They lifted the ban a few years ago and all of a sudden everything changed,” said Dan Schachner, a New York-basedContinue Reading