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U.S. health officials quietly release more reopening guidance

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials have quietly released more reopening guidance that was created more than a month ago but initially shelved. As with other recently released guidan...

U.S. births fall, and virus could drive them down more

NEW YORK – U.S. births continued to fall last year, leading to the fewest number of newborns in 35 years. The decline is the latest sign of a prolonged national “baby bust” that’s...

Mercy Regional Medical Center’s Southwest Oncology recertified

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center’s Southwest Oncology received recertification by the QOPI Certification Program, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association for Clinical O...

Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging

An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker an...

‘COVID toes,’ other rashes latest possible rare virus signs

Skin doctors suddenly are looking at a lot of toes – whether by emailed picture or video visit – as concern grows that for some people, a sign of COVID-19 may pop up in an unusual spot. ...

U.S. begins ‘warp speed’ vaccine push as studies ramp up

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump vowed to use “every plane, truck and soldier” to distribute COVID-19 vaccines he hopes will be ready by year’s end – even as the country’s top scientists ...

Officials release edited coronavirus reopening guidance

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns...

Question, Persuade, Refer training to be held Wednesday

Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center will host an online Question, Persuade, Refer training from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday via Zoom. This free virtual gatekeeper tra...

Mercy welcomes new physician Andrew Carter

Mercy Regional Medical Center has welcomed fellowship-trained, board-certified interventional cardiologist Dr. Andrew Carter to Mercy Cardiology Associates, 1 Mercado St., Suite 130. ...

Mercy, Good Food Collective to launch Roots of Health program

Mercy Regional Medical Center is working to improve access to healthful foods for community members by partnering with The Good Food Collective to create an intact regional food system progr...

New coronavirus test is imperfect step toward mass screening

WASHINGTON – A new type of coronavirus test offers a cheaper, quicker way to screen for infections, moving the U.S. toward the kind of mass screening that experts say is essential to returni...

Organ transplants dive amid virus crisis, start to inch back

WASHINGTON – Organ transplants plummeted as COVID-19 swept through communities, with surgeons wary of endangering living donors and unable to retrieve possibly usable organs from the dead --...
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