KARACHI: A research facility at Karachi University (KU) in collaboration with the Indus Hospital (IH) has recently begun clinical trial of a traditional Chinese medicine to treat mild cases of Covid-19, sources told Dawn on Monday. According to researchers at Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research at […]
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As the pandemic rages on, gyms have largely transitioned to include online programs, many with live workout classes you can join on Zoom. I recently sampled a few, and while I preferred them to the YouTube workouts I’d been doing before, I’m struggling to stay motivated. More often than not […]
NPR’s Noel King talks to Rocky Walker, chaplain at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center, about the pandemic. NOEL KING, HOST: Almost 200,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. We called two men who’ve been on MORNING […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can play an essential role in the management of the sickest COVID-19 patients, said Jeffrey A. Katz, MD, director of critical care services at the NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois. To date, […]
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ANN ARBOR – Michigan Medicine and Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson, are now recruiting for a double-blind phase III COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. Known as the ENSEMBLE study, the trial will test an investigational vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The University of Michigan is one of several test sites […]
New Zealand has allocated an undisclosed sum, in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars, to access COVID-19 vaccines when they become available. The funding is on top of a NZ$37 million vaccine strategy, but the government has not released specifics because of commercial sensitivities that “could prevent the […]
After being held responsible for the high mortality rate among COVID-19 patients in the city, 27 nursing homes, which were earlier barred from admitting COVID-19 patients, will be allowed to do so again starting from September 15. Due to the growing cases and the chaos of looking for beds, BMC […]
GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4) — Residents at nursing and rehabilitation facility in Greeley organized a protest against Colorado’s coronavirus restrictions. On Thursday, about 20 residents gathered outside Fairacres Manor, many in wheelchairs, holding signs that read “Rather die from COVID than loneliness,” and “Prisoners in our own home,” and “Give us […]
Meditation apps Headspace and Calm and virtual therapy services like Lyra Health and Modern Health have seen huge adoption by employers in recent months. Saturday is World Mental Health Day, and the World Health Organization says demand for mental health services is increasing across the globe because of the pandemic. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Health officials say that residents in some areas of Oklahoma City will be able to get tested for COVID-19 at mobile testing sites. The Oklahoma City-County Health Department and OU Medicine will continue their joint effort providing mobile testing in zip codes that are experiencing high […]
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a temporary ceasefire, which went into effect Saturday after nearly two weeks of violent conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region so the two sides could exchange prisoners and recover bodies. Both countries quickly accused the other of breaking it, although the main cities that […]
MILTON – The state Department of Health has determined a Northumberland County long-term care facility had provided proper treatment COVID-19 infected resident who died. The Milton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was notified by a letter Wednesday from Kevin Fowler, a manager in the nursing care facilities division. The center had […]
In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic — and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office. © Drew Angerer/Getty […]
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies was used to treat President Donald Trump for COVID-19. SEATTLE — Researchers at UW Medicine are partnering with the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center to lead a study of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ antibody cocktail as a way to prevent COVID-19 infections. The researchers are […]
This entire year has been like the most heightened, prolonged case of the Sunday Scaries, a wave of perma-stress topped off with a profound fear of what tomorrow brings. It is a brutal way to live—and (wait for it) completely unprecedented. Although our country has no doubt endured times of extreme duress […]
1. North Dakota not following its own criteria for COVID-19 risk levels as ‘painful week’ continues As North Dakota suffers through the harshest days of the pandemic to date, Gov. Doug Burgum again declined on Thursday, Oct. 8, to bump up the COVID-19 risk level for a handful of counties […]
Jannette Pippin | The Daily News Coastal Carolina Community College nursing student Precious Baker will be changing uniforms when she finishes her training. The Navy veteran is looking forward to continuing her service to others in a new way and the challenges the medical profession has seen in the midst […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented downturns and uncertainty in markets worldwide, but the negative effects of the disease have not been distributed evenly. Even as business shuttered their doors for good, Apple became the first company in history to reach a $2 trillion valuation. © Alistair Berg | Getty […]
SANTA CRUZ — An outbreak of COVID-19 cases has caused another five deaths at the Watsonville Post-Acute Center, a skilled nursing facility. As of Wednesday afternoon, 46 residents and 15 staff at the nursing facility have tested positive for COVID-19. The five deaths raise the total deaths at the facility related […]
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Recovery from addiction, no matter the substance, is dependent on connection, something the Coronavirus took away for months. “A lot of those connections were broken because people were stuck at home, they were able to reach out to their typical support groups, so a lot […]
Researchers analyzed data of more than 400 college students, faculty, staff and administrators. KENT, Ohio — In a before-and-after comparison of physical activity, researchers at Kent State analyzed data of students, faculty, staff and administrators who reported their typical physical activity and sedentary behavior before the COVID-19 pandemic and after […]
Face masks, eye protection and scrubs. Undergraduate nursing students, a semester and a half away from becoming registered nurses, already looked the part. Many of the students hadn’t seen each other in person since March since UNC School of Nursing courses are all virtual — other than simulation activities, or […]
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday issued a fresh set of instructions for people who have recovered from Covid-19, which includes suggestions like going on morning walks, eating Chyawanprash and doing Yoga. The suggestions have been issued amid rising instances of recovered patients returning to hospitals for post-Covid care. The […]
Squawkers and complainers about COVID-19 restrictions curtailing their restaurant visits and bar hopping might benefit from a timeout to focus on Hawaii’s medical workers, quietly going about their business every day to ease the suffering of terrified patients stricken with the virus. If you have a minute, tie a white […]
Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, is working with an international research consortium in the ongoing global race to find a safe and effective vaccine to tackle the Covid-19 virus. The research programme led by Dr Ussama M Abdel-Motal, staff scientist from Sidra Medicine’s Human Genetics Department, is being […]