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Police officer shot during Las Vegas protest is paralyzed, says family
The family of a Las Vegas police officer who was shot early this month during protests over the police-involved killing of George Floyd is paralyzed from the neck down and...
L.A. County reports 1,003 additional coronavirus cases, 17 more deaths
Los Angeles County public health officials on Sunday reported 1,003 new cases of the coronavirus and 17 related deaths.
AstraZeneca agrees to deliver Oxford-developed COVID-19 vaccine once approved
AstraZeneca announced Saturday that it has reached an agreement with the Inclusive Vaccines Alliance of Europe to supply as many as 400 million doses of the University of Oxford's COVID-19...
Health officials express concern, encourage mask usage ahead of Trump Tulsa rally
The U.S. surgeon general encouraged Americans to wear face coverings on Sunday as a Tulsa, Okla., health official expressed concern about coronavirus spread at President Donald Trump's upcoming rally in...
Katherine Williams-Dunning, daughter of Hank Williams Jr., killed in car crash
Katherine Williams-Dunning, the daughter of country music star Hank Williams Jr., died in a car crash Saturday night in Tennessee. She was 27.
Siblings of infants who have died suddenly and unexpectedly at 10-fold risk of same death
The siblings of infants who have died suddenly and unexpectedly run 10 times the risk of dying in the same way, indicates a long term analysis of monitoring data.
Some living in U.S. eye Canada for health care, but not everybody can get in
Immigration lawyers say many seniors who hold dual citizenship decide to return to Canada during their golden years because of the cost of health insurance. But for Americans with no ties...
COVID-19 threatens the entire nervous system
A new review of neurological symptoms of COVID-19 patients in current scientific literature reveals the disease poses a global threat to the entire nervous system, reports a Northwestern Medicine study published...
Vernon has about as many coronavirus cases as residents. That worries its neighbors
Outbreaks in at least nine factories in Vernon spark concern that the disease could spread to nearby working-class heavily Latino cities.
Rise in opioid deaths serve as reminder COVID-19 isn't Canada's only health crisis
Last month in B.C. a record number of people died from an overdose; 170. It is more than the total number of deaths due to Coronavirus in the province; 167....
AstraZeneca agrees to deliver Oxford-developed COVID-19 vaccine once approved
AstraZeneca announced Saturday that it has reached an agreement with the Inclusive Vaccines Alliance of Europe to supply as many as 400 million doses of the University of Oxford's COVID-19...
What some Western countries could learn about fighting pandemics in the community
Countries that successfully kept COVID-19 infections and deaths down not only acted early but in a more community-centred way, says a public health physician who aims to improve preparedness for...
A protein that helps to fight viruses can also block lung damage repair
Researchers have found that a protein which is initially helpful in the body's immune response to a virus, can later interfere with the repair of lung tissue. The work highlights...
Only 1 in 3 COVID-19 research authors are women, and even fewer are senior authors
Women make up only a third of all authors who have published research on COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in January this year, and even fewer of them...
Atlanta police chief resigns after officer shoots man at Wendy's
Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned following the death of a black man at the hands of an Atlanta police officer Friday.
L.A. County reports 1,568 new coronavirus cases, 58 deaths
Los Angeles County public health officials on Saturday reported 1,568 new cases of the coronavirus and 58 related deaths, marking the fifth day in a row the county reported more...
Residents evacuated from Pasadena skilled nursing facility after state suspends license
More than 60 residents were evacuated from Golden Cross Health Care in Pasadena in part due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.
AstraZeneca agrees to deliver Oxford-developed COVID-19 vaccine once approved
AstraZeneca announced Saturday that it has reached an agreement with the Inclusive Vaccines Alliance of Europe to supply as many as 400 million doses of the University of Oxford's COVID-19...
COVID-19: New York death toll drops; Florida, Texas report record new cases
Texas set another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations Saturday and Florida marked its biggest increase yet in daily reported infections by the state health department, while New York Gov. Cuomo hailed...
COVID-19 threatens the entire nervous system
A new review of neurological symptoms of COVID-19 patients in current scientific literature reveals the disease poses a global threat to the entire nervous system. About half of hospitalized patients...
Researchers create new type of COVID-19 antibody test
Researchers have developed a COVID-19 test that pinpoints human antibodies specific to a particular part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The test can be ramped up to document past and...
Cytokine implicated in HLH treatment resistance
Research sheds light on cytokine storm syndromes and how ruxolitinib may benefit patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Face masks critical in preventing spread of COVID-19
A study has found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person's chances of being infected by the COVID-19 virus.
Up to 45 percent of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic
Asymptomatic infections may have played a significant role in the early and ongoing spread of COVID-19 and highlight the need for expansive testing and contact tracing to mitigate the pandemic.
Australia's COVID-19 successes shine a light on Canada's troubled long-term care sector
When it comes to the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, the comparison between Canada and Australia is shocking. Australia has suffered four deaths per million residents compared to more than 212 in...
Self-swabbing tests for COVID-19 accurate and safe, study reports
Test samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages yielded results for the COVID-19 virus that were as accurate as samples collected by a health care worker, according...
COVID-19 may trigger new diabetes, experts warn
Emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 may actually trigger the onset of diabetes in healthy people and also cause severe complications of pre-existing diabetes.
Elastomeric masks provide a more durable, less costly option for health care workers
A cost-effective strategy for health care systems to offset N95 mask shortages due to COVID-19 is to switch to reusable elastomeric respirator masks.