Covid

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - 2021/04/10: Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vial and box seen at a vaccination site. Doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are given throughout the state of Florida, although a small number of patients…

Former Obama administration official Dr. Kavita Patel told CNBC on Monday that she expected a Covid vaccine booster to eventually be approved by U.S. regulators due to new, more transmissible variants of coronavirus."With the threat of the…

SINGAPORE — The next global pandemic could happen at any time and the world must start preparing for it now, said Singapore's Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam."We don't have the luxury of waiting for Covid to be over before we start…

The results vary widely between hospitals. Overall, however, survival rates have decreased over time, including in large US and European hospitals. From January to May 2020, according to the international register, less than 40 percent of…

For example, people with diabetes may have fruity or sweet breath. The smell is caused by ketones, chemicals produced when the body begins to burn fat instead of glucose for energy, a metabolic condition known as ketosis."The idea that…

Many Americans felt socially isolated during the pandemic, cut off from friends and family while crouching and keeping their distance to protect themselves from infection.However, new research released Thursday suggests that even as the…

In the latest volley of the debate over the origins of the coronavirus, a group of scientists this week presented a review of scientific findings that they argue shows a natural spillover from animal to human is a far more likely cause of…

Medical staff from the Delta Health Center will be waiting on Jan.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesMississippi state health officials issued new guidelines Friday urging state residents over 65 and immunocompromised residents, vaccinated or…

But the variant can fuel outbreaks in unvaccinated communities and populations."We are vaccinating more people every day, but we are not on our way to interrupting the transmission until the fall," said Dr. Sean O'Leary, a pediatric…

Penn developed a physical therapy program that varies depending on the severity of each patient's symptoms. "For some patients who have been really seriously affected and unable to engage in activities, how do we go back to the housework…