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Trail of bubbles leads scientists to new coronavirus clue

A doctor checking comatose COVID-19 patients for signs of a stroke instead stumbled onto a new clue about how the virus may harm the lungs – thanks to a test that used tiny air bubbles and a...

Childhood vaccination rates in La Plata County lag behind state

Some parents may be delaying doctor visits during pandemic

Mercy Regional Medical Center cardiologists using world’s smallest heart pump

Cardiologists at Mercy Cardiology Associates have conducted their first procedures at Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center using Impella, the world’s smallest heart pump. ...

Native Connections Program offers suicide prevention training

The Native Connections Program has purchased 200 online licenses for suicide prevention training for employees and tribal members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. The training is...

The home front: Virus stalks nurses after they leave work

FULLERTON, Calif. – There’s red tape running along the floor of the coronavirus unit at St. Jude’s Medical Center. It’s a clear line of demarcation. On one side, the cold zone, wh...

Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center to offer medication training

Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center will offer a Qualified Medication Administration Personnel online training from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday via Zoom. QMAP personnel are ...

Study hints, can’t prove, survivor plasma fights COVID-19

Mayo Clinic researchers reported a strong hint that blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors helps other patients recover, but it’s not proof and some experts worry if, amid clamor for the treat...

U.S. kids, parents perform DIY tests for coronavirus science

In a comfy suburb just outside Nashville, a young family swabs their noses twice a month in a DIY study seeking answers to some of the most vexing questions about the coronavirus. ...

U.S. reports show racial disparities in kids with COVID-19

NEW YORK – Racial disparities in the U.S. coronavirus epidemic extend to children, according to two sobering government reports released Friday. One of the Centers for Disease Con...

Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans

Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues try...

Virtual breastfeeding event addresses lack of resources in Southwest Colorado

Mothers short of advice, support during pandemic

Georgia camp with COVID-19 outbreak didn’t require masks

NEW YORK – A Georgia overnight camp hit by a coronavirus outbreak took many precautions, but didn’t make campers wear masks or have proper ventilation in buildings, according to a government...
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