THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (Healthday News) — Just weeks into the fall semester, universities and colleges in all 50 states are now struggling to contain the spread of coronavirus on their campuses. More than 40,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported among students, staff and faculty nationwide, CNN reported. ThatContinue Reading
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Teachers Have Died From COVID in at Least Three States
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Pandemic Threatens Gains in Reducing Preventable Childhood Deaths
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Face masks may be invaluable in the fight against COVID-19, but they can make it difficult for people who stutter to communicate with others. About 3 million people in the United States stutter, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The use ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Add a heightened risk for depression to the list of challenges facing the caregivers of loved ones who have Alzheimer’s disease. A new study found that older adults caring for spouses newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s had a 30% increase in symptoms of depressionContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 (Healthday News) — Final testing of a leading coronavirus vaccine candidate was paused by drugmaker AstraZeneca on Tuesday after a trial volunteer experienced a serious adverse reaction. The company did not release specifics on the case, but whether the reaction was caused by the vaccine orContinue Reading
Pandemic Threatens Gains in Reducing Preventable Childhood Deaths
Clinical Trial of AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine Paused After Illness
New COVID-19 Test Provides Results in 15 Minutes
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TUESDAY, Sept. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The new coronavirus and antibodies that fight it can be in children’s bodies at the same time, surprised researchers have found. “With most viruses, when you start to detect antibodies, you won’t detect the virus anymore. But with COVID-19, we’re seeing both,” saidContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 8, 2020 (Healthday News) — In a sobering illustration of the toll the coronavirus pandemic took this summer, tallies now show the number of Americans who have died of COVID-19 jumped from just under 100,000 to over 186,000 between Memorial Day and Labor Day, while cases more thanContinue Reading
States Should Prepare for COVID Vaccine by Nov. 1: U.S. Surgeon General
Biden Says He’d Get Approved Coronavirus Vaccine Immediately
No Evidence That Food is Source of Coronavirus Transmission: Experts
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MONDAY, Sept. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Visiting your dentist during the coronavirus pandemic poses little risk, an expert says. Dentists have taken measures to protect patients, but some people are still reluctant to get dental care, said Dr. Cecile Feldman, dean of Rutgers University’s School of Dental Medicine inContinue Reading