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WHO warns against pursuing herd immunity to stop coronavirus

LONDON – The head of the World Health Organization warned against the idea that herd immunity might be a realistic strategy to stop the pandemic, dismissing such proposals as “simply unethic...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

2 million stillbirths every year, pandemic might worsen toll

LONDON – The World Health Organization, UNICEF and partners said there are about 2 million stillbirths every year, mostly in the developing world, according to the first-ever global estimate...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

How long could I be contagious before a positive virus test?

Also an answer to a question about contact tracing

DATE: Oct 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

High demand for flu shots? Experts hope to avoid ‘twindemic’

October is prime time for flu vaccinations, and the U.S. and Europe are gearing up for what experts hope is high demand as countries seek to avoid a “twindemic” with COVID-19. “Th...

DATE: Oct 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. panel tackles race, poverty in virus vaccine priorities

A U.S. advisory panel made recommendations Friday for who should be first in line to get COVID-19 vaccine, including a plea for special efforts by states and cities to get the shots to low-i...

DATE: Oct 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

COVID-19 cases rising among U.S. children as schools reopen

After preying heavily on the elderly in the spring, the coronavirus is increasingly infecting American children and teens in a trend authorities say appears fueled by school reopenings and t...

DATE: Sep 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Too much candy: Man dies from eating bags of black licorice

A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every day for a few weeks threw his nutrients out of whack and caused the ...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads

NEW YORK – The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting – and then taking down – an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from person to ...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and said anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Study hints antibody drug may cut COVID-19 hospitalizations

A drug company says that partial results from a study testing an antibody drug give hints that it may help keep mild to moderately ill COVID-19 patients from needing to be hospitalized, a go...

DATE: Sep 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Experts: Revamped OxyContin hasn’t curbed abuse, overdoses

WASHINGTON (AP) – A panel of government health advisers said Friday there’s no clear evidence that a harder-to-crush version of the painkiller OxyContin designed to discourage abuse actually...

DATE: Sep 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Anti-inflammatory drug may shorten COVID-19 recovery time

A drug company says that adding an anti-inflammatory medicine to a drug already widely used for hospitalized COVID-19 patients shortens their time to recovery by an additional day. ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health