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Pulmonary embolism and COVID-19
Researchers say early diagnosis of a life-threatening blood clot in the lungs led to swifter treatment intervention in COVID-19 patients. A new study finds that 51 percent of patients found...
Pod-based e-cigarettes may foster greater nicotine dependence
JUUL and similar pod-based e-cigarettes’ efficient delivery of nicotine may foster greater dependence than other types of e-cigarettes, according to a new study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The pod-based...
App reveals loss of taste, smell coronavirus indicators
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may...
Aggressive testing, social distancing limits COVID-19 at U.S. military base, CDC reports
Limited spread of COVID-19 at a U.S. military base shows public health measures -- screening, testing, quarantining, social distancing and contact tracing -- offer some protection, the CDC said Tuesday.
'Serious' questions raised about hydroxychloroquine study, medical journal says
The Lancet medical journal says 'serious scientific questions' had been brought to its attention about the validity of the data behind a widely cited and already corrected study on the...
6 Atlanta officers charged after accusations of excessive force
Authorities in Georgia filed criminal charges against six Atlanta police officers Tuesday, accusing them of using excessive force against two people protesting police brutality.
6 Atlanta officers charged for allegedly using excessive force
Authorities in Georgia filed criminal charges against six Atlanta police officers Tuesday, accusing them of using excessive force against two people protesting police brutality.
COVID-19 could be a seasonal illness with higher risk in winter
A study conducted in Sydney, Australia, during the early epidemic stage of COVID-19 has found an association between lower humidity and an increase in locally acquired positive cases. Researchers discovered...
Impact of COVID-19 infection in blood cancer patients
Researchers report on one of the first studies to investigate the outcome of COVID-19 infection in patients with blood cancer.
Coronavirus testing sites close in L.A. County for second day amid George Floyd protests
Ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd have momentarily halted progress in the fight against the coronavirus in Los Angeles County.
Ontario confirms 446 new COVID-19 cases, Ford poised to extend state of emergency
The 1.6 per cent increase in total cases comes as Ontario's network of about 20 labs processed 15,244 test samples yesterday, a second straight day below its own target of...
Scientists find a switch to flip and turn off breast cancer growth and metastasis
Researchers have identified a gene that causes an aggressive form of breast cancer to rapidly grow. More importantly, they have also discovered a way to ''turn it off'' and inhibit...
A boost for cancer immunotherapy
MIT engineers have found a way to boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors. They showed that if they treated mice with these drugs along with new...
Biggest hurdle for young burn survivors is acceptance
The way they're treated by other people can cause young burn survivors more distress than their physical challenges, two surveys find.
Isotopes – Improved process for medicine
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have discovered a better way to separate actinium-227, a rare isotope essential for an FDA-approved cancer treatment.
Hundreds of British Columbians are accessing province's 'safe supply' of drugs
More than 1,300 people have accessed safe, prescription alternatives to illicit drugs since the province announced new guidelines for prescribing them when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Doctor linked to Campbellton COVID-19 cluster says he made 'an error in judgment'
The doctor at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Campbellton area says he's not sure whether he picked up the coronavirus during a trip to Quebec or from...
Sonoma County sheriff backtracks, says he will enforce coronavirus orders
Sheriff Mark Essick, who declared last week that his deputies would no longer enforce Sonoma County's coronavirus health order, has reversed course.
COVID-19 drug development could benefit from approach used against flu
A new study has found that some antivirals are useful for more than helping sick people get better -- they also can prevent thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands...
Researchers map SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells of nasal cavity, bronchia, lungs
Researchers have characterized the specific ways in which SARS-CoV-2 infects the nasal cavity to a great degree -- replicating specific cell types -- and infects and replicates progressively less well...
Gene found that causes eyes to wither in cavefish
In a new study led by University of Maryland researchers, scientists discovered a gene that prevents blood flow to blind cavefish eyes during development. It is the same gene responsible...
An important new tool for developing COVID-19 treatments, vaccines
Scientists have a new resource to help them better understand COVID-19 as they develop treatments and vaccines.
A better model for neutrophil-related diseases
Neutrophils are critical immune cells for antimicrobial defense, but they can exacerbate a number of diseases, perhaps including COVID-19. The traditional approaches to study neutrophils in animal models are limited...
Risk for drug abuse higher in older lesbian, gay, bisexual adults, study finds
Middle-aged and older adults who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are more than twice as likely to abuse prescription tranquilizers and opioid pain medications compared to their heterosexual peers,...
New test method can offer safer dosages of hydroxychloroquine
Researchers have developed a new method to measure levels of the medication hydroxychloroquine in patients with the rheumatic disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The analysis method may also be useful...
Evidence supports physical distancing, masks, and eye protection to help prevent COVID-19
The systematic review was conducted by a large, international collaborative of researchers, front-line and specialist clinicians, epidemiologists, patients, public health and health policy experts of published and unpublished literature in...
Americans' deepening financial stress will make the coronavirus a lot harder to contain
Preventing deaths from COVID-19 depends on people who get it seeking treatment—which also allows authorities to track down whom they came in contact with to reduce spread.
New nanoparticles stimulate immune system, help attack tumors
One promising strategy to treat cancer is stimulating the body’s own immune system to attack tumors. However, tumors are very good at suppressing the immune system, so these types of...