Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The rate of false positive results from rapid antigen test screens for COVID-19 in the workplace setting was 0.05%, based on data from approximately 900,000 tests. “Concerns have been raised whether rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 can result in false-positive test […]
Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall’s delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising for days or even weeks. The seven-day rolling average for daily new COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. has been climbing since mid-November, reaching 2,267 on […]
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that the Department of Veterans Affairs did not ensure the quality of data migrated to its new Cerner electronic health record system before the initial deployment in October 2020. In turn, observed the watchdog, clinicians found challenges with the migrated information’s accessibility, accuracy and […]
Researchers have found that people have gotten better at controlling their blood pressure. However, the annual rate of people being hospitalized due to a hypertensive crisis more than doubled between 2002 and 2014. In a new study, researchers have found that the annual incidence of people requiring hospital treatment due to a hypertensive crisis — […]
Talk to any parent during these dark winter days and you’re likely to hear a mix of fear, anger, exhaustion and defeat. These are tough months when many politicians have moved to a living-with-the-virus model despite millions of our youngest citizens being ineligible for vaccines. There seem to be endless immediate stressors of unpredictable child […]
Omicron: Another 'more infectious variant will come' says doctor We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Some of the main symptoms of […]
Heart disease: Doctor explains how to reduce risk We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Dr Carol DerSarkissian verified that “high amounts […]
Construction on the six-floor expansion on top of the Steven & Susan Lipstein BJC Institute of Health building on the Washington University Medical Campus is scheduled to begin Feb. 2. Employees working near the center of the Medical Campus will experience intermittent construction noise from about 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. during the week. Employees […]
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Some people might think of coleslaw as strictly summer food, but sometimes we actually like it more in the winter. That’s because the food we eat this time of year tends to be so […]
Testing in humans of an HIV vaccine that uses messenger RNA technology has begun, the biotech firm Moderna and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative said Thursday. This Phase 1 trial is being carried out in the United States among 56 healthy adults who are HIV negative. Despite four decades of research, doctors have yet to […]
