Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance warning consumers against using the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19. The agency says it issued the guidance on Friday in light of growing interest in the drug as […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Governments and airlines in Europe are hoping that vaccine certificates and digital health apps can help make travel for the masses a reality again this summer after a year of COVID-19 restrictions. What options are being considered, how do they work and what are the concerns? WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHY? Currently […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The next 3 months in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are “pivotal,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, said during a news briefing Wednesday. While the rollout of Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose shot as the […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Canada’s challenges in procuring COVID-19 vaccines have led its researchers to look for homegrown alternatives to the Pfizer, Moderna, and, most recently, the Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which are in short supply across the country. The answer may come from a […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The number of new COVID-19 cases in children declined for the sixth consecutive week, but the drop was the smallest yet, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. New child cases in […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A mask required sign is displayed on the entrance to a business in Dallas. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. When the U.S. coronavirus vaccination program began in December, residents and employees of long-term care facilities were put at the top of the priority list. That made sense, since those facilities accounted for more than one-third of all virus-related deaths while […]
More than one third of adults aged 18-64 years in the United States delayed or went without medical care because of efforts by patients or providers to reduce the spread of COVID-19, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. Among the adults who postponed or missed care, 32.6% said the gap worsened one […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cats are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, but transmissibility is reduced as the virus spreads through cats, according to new research from China. Studies have suggested that domestic cats may become infected with SARS-CoV-2 from patients with COVID-19, arousing concern that cats could spread the virus to humans, although there is […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may occur in up to a third of patients who recover from severe COVID-19 infection, new research suggests. A study of more than 300 patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) with the virus showed a […]
