After a month of draconian steps to minimize deaths and prevent hospital overload from the coronavirus pandemic, governors now face a new challenge: Deciding when and how to begin easing […]
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Why the African American Community Is Being Hit Hard by COVID-19
New figures indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting African American communities harder than other groups. Experts say the trend is fueled by factors such as higher rates of underlying […]
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Anesthesiologists on the front lines of treating surgical COVID-19 patients
A new study examined the knowledge and attitudes of anesthesiologists regarding the strategies used to treat suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients needing to be operated on or cared for after […]
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Engineering and health team up to design and produce face shields
A team of engineers, physicians, researchers and designers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Carle Health has developed and launched production of a face shield for health professionals […]
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Researchers target cell’s own machinery in fight against COVID-19
In an effort to help stop the spread of COVID-19, a team of researchers is trying to block a key enzyme in the human cell that the virus needs to […]
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Experts publish ‘guidebook’ for blood plasma therapy
A team of Johns Hopkins experts has created a clinical guidebook to help hospitals and medical centers rapidly scale up their ability to deliver so-called convalescent plasma therapy, which leverages […]
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Is It Normal For My Armpits To Sweat THIS Much?
Don’t get me wrong, sweating can feel really good sometimes (think: when you’re on a long run or finally getting the hang of your new boxing combination!). But nothing is […]
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Allergy season concerns during the pandemic
It’s spring and that means allergy season is on the way. But this year it will be arriving in the midst of a global pandemic and with this comes a […]
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How to live longer: Eat three servings of this food a day to increase life expectancy
If you were to read an instruction manual on how to lead a long life it would be surprisingly uncomplicated but it would contain one key caveat: you must commit […]
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Coronavirus symptoms: How to tell the virus is affecting your brain – signs to look for
Coronavirus may have grounded many aspects of UK life, from large parts of the economy to social downtime, but the virus itself is far from static. On the contrary, the […]
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