Health - The Durango Herald

Virus antibodies fade fast but not necessarily protection

New research suggests that antibodies the immune system makes to fight the new coronavirus may only last a few months in people with mild illness, but that doesn’t mean protection also is go...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Silent spread of virus keeps scientists grasping for clues

One of the great mysteries of the coronavirus is how quickly it rocketed around the world. It first flared in central China and, within three months, was on every continent but An...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

LONDON – Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Black kids die more often after surgery, new research shows

Black children were more likely than whites to die after common surgeries, a U.S. study found, echoing evidence seen in adults. The researchers examined national data on nearly 17...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

New studies clarify what drugs help, hurt for COVID-19

Fresh studies give more information about what treatments do or don’t work for COVID-19, with high-quality methods that give reliable results. British researchers on Friday publis...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

How does COVID-19 affect kids? Science has answers and gaps

What role children play in the coronavirus pandemic is the hot-button question of the summer as kids relish their free time while schools labor over how to resume classes. The Tru...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday – as the shots are poised to begin key final t...

DATE: Jul 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Virus spread, not politics should guide schools, doctors say

As the Trump administration pushes full steam ahead to force schools to resume in-person education, public health experts warn that a one-size-fits-all reopening could drive infection and de...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

‘Desperation science’ slows the hunt for coronavirus drugs

Desperate to solve the deadly conundrum of COVID-19, the world is clamoring for fast answers and solutions from a research system not built for haste. The ironic, and perhaps trag...

DATE: Jul 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Safe injection sites may curb opioid deaths, report suggests

A safe haven in the U.S. where people can give themselves heroin and other drugs has observed more than 10,500 injections over five years and treated 33 overdoses with none proving fatal, re...

DATE: Jul 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge virus can spread in air

LONDON – More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air – a change that could alter some of the c...

DATE: Jul 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Little evidence that protests spread coronavirus in U.S.

NEW YORK – There is little evidence that the protests that erupted after George Floyd’s death caused a significant increase in U.S. coronavirus infections, according to public health experts...

DATE: Jul 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday