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CDC: Wearing a mask could keep you from catching virus

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials are taking a new tack to encourage Americans to wear masks: They’re emphasizing recent research that a mask protects the person who wears it. Prev...

DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. allows 1st emergency use of a COVID-19 antibody drug

WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental approach against the virus that has killed ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective

Pfizer Inc. said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine may be a remarkable 90% effective, based on early and incomplete test results that nevertheless brought a big burst of optimism to a world d...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Surprised by her own cancer diagnosis, Durangoan urges women to schedule screenings

Debbie Goodman put off mammograms, then she learned the bad news

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

More U.S. patients to have easy, free access to doctor’s notes

More U.S. patients will soon have free, electronic access to the notes their doctors write about them under a new federal requirement for transparency. Many health systems are ope...

DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

2nd study testing a COVID-19 antibody drug has a setback

For the second time, a study testing an experimental antibody drug for COVID-19 has been paused to investigate a possible safety issue in hospitalized patients. Regeneron Pharmace...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. suicide rate fell last year after decade of steady rise

NEW YORK – The U.S. suicide rate fell slightly last year, the first annual decline in more than a decade, according to new government data. It’s a small decrease and the data is p...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy

Opioid use in pregnancy has prompted new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by their mothers’ drug use. The ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

AstraZeneca, J&J resuming U.S. tests of COVID-19 vaccines

Two drugmakers announced Friday the resumption of U.S. testing of their COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Testing of AstraZeneca’s vaccine candidate had been halted since early Septemb...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

UN: Europe’s pandemic restrictions are absolutely necessary

LONDON – The head of the World Health Organization’s Europe office said the exponential surge of coronavirus cases across the continent has warranted the restrictive measures being taken, ca...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

2nd COVID-19 vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – A late-stage study of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been paused while the company investigates whether a study participant’s “unexplained illness” ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Antibody drugs are no cure but seem promising for COVID-19

WASHINGTON – They’re not cures and it’s not likely that everyone will be able to get them as President Donald Trump has suggested. But experimental antibody drugs like the one Trump was give...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health