(HealthDay)—Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, anecdotal reports suggested that infusing very sick patients with the blood plasma of people who’d survived the disease might help
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A Cleveland Clinic study shows that among patients who have obesity and who tested positive for Covid-19, a past history of bariatric surgery was significantly
Read more TUESDAY, Nov. 24, 2020 — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States is likely to nearly double before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration,
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Rice University biochemists Michael Stern and James McNew have studied how neurodegeneration kills cells. They’ve conducted countless experiments over more than a decade, and they’ve
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(HealthDay)—As scientists worked on COVID-19 vaccines, other researchers were addressing a question: Once shots are available, will parents vaccinate their kids against the new coronavirus?
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A study published today in JAMA Network Open/Emergency Medicine supports evidence that older persons admitted to emergency departments (ED), and subsequently diagnosed positive for COVID-19,
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THURSDAY, Nov. 19, 2020 — Pregnant women with COVID-19 have little risk of developing severe symptoms, as do their newborns, a new study finds. In
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New insights into the mechanisms behind how cancer-causing agents in the environment activate genetic recombination in DNA could help to explain some of the effects
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Managing the activity of the BCAP protein could help the body repair intestinal tissue from damage caused by inflammation, according to a new study led
Read more (HealthDay)—American presidential elections are clearly divisive, but a new analysis suggests they may trigger depression in residents of states that favored the losing candidate. The
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