WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Friday issued new guidance to the cruise ship industry, a necessary step before passenger voyages can resume. CDC said the next phase of the CDC’s conditional sail order will include simulated voyages to will allow crew and port personnel to practice new […]
Researchers found that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with good muscle strength and higher muscle mass had a shorter stay in the hospital. COVID-19 has had a wide range of different effects on people. Some develop severe or critical disease, sometimes resulting in death, whereas others show no symptoms at all. The elderly and people […]
Genome sequencing of thousands of SARS-CoV-2 samples shows that surges of COVID-19 cases are driven by the appearance of new coronavirus variants, according to new research from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis published April 1 in Scientific Reports. “As variants emerge, you’re going to get new outbreaks,” said Bart […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely travel at “low risk” but still discouraged Americans from doing so because of high coronavirus cases nationwide.FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) […]
An international survey that included 600 smokers in the UK has found that cessation messaging focused on easing the burden on our health system is most effective in encouraging people to quit. The research, which was conducted in April-May 2020, randomly assigned participants to view one of four quit smoking messages, two of which explicitly […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Delta Air Lines will reopen middle seats on its planes on May 1, the company announced Wednesday, making it the last U.S. airline to end the policy of blocking seats for health precautions. Delta first started blocking middle seats and limiting […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed an executive order to disburse 5.3 billion reais ($918.08 million) in new loans to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country hit a record tally of 3,780 deaths in the past day.FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of Bharat […]
(Reuters) – COVID-19 was the primary or contributing cause of 377,883 deaths in the United States last year, with a particularly high toll among the elderly, according to a government report released on Wednesday.Slideshow ( 2 images )The COVID-19 mortality rate made it the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020 […]
FILE PHOTO: Students attend a geography class at a school in an open-air classroom organised on a playground amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lviv, Ukraine September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Roman BalukKYIV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which has the highest COVID-19 infection rate in the country, will close all schools and kindergartens and […]
LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The rapid rise in different parts of the world of deadly, more infectious coronavirus variants that share new mutations is leading scientists to ask a critical question – has the SARS-CoV-2 virus shown its best cards?FILE PHOTO: National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins holds a model of SARS-CoV-2, the novel […]
