Societies issue guide to safely resume cardiovascular procedures, diagnostic tests

The American College of Cardiology together with other North American cardiovascular societies has issued a framework for ethically and safely reintroducing invasive cardiovascular procedures and diagnostic tests after the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The document was published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced appropriate, but significant, restrictions on routine […]

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Researcher identifies four possible treatments for COVID-19

While COVID-19 has infected millions of people worldwide and killed hundreds of thousands, there is currently no vaccine. In response, researchers have been evaluating the effectiveness of various antiviral drugs as possible COVID-19 treatments. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has found that four antiviral drugs, including remdesivir, a drug originally developed to treat Ebola, are effective in […]

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How people react to the threat of disease could mean COVID-19 is reshaping personalities

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be “imprinted on the personality o … for a very long time,” predicted Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. No doubt in the future people will mourn those who’ve died and remember the challenges of this period. But how would COVID-19 shape people’s personalities—and into what? I […]

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Drug overdose epidemic is transmitted from old to young, study shows

It’s no secret that America has an ever-worsening drug addiction problem, but how much does a person’s birth year come into play? Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health show that the generation a person was born into—Silent Generation, Baby Boomer, Generation X or Millennial—strongly predicts how likely they are to die from a drug overdose, […]

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Video: Should I keep my child’s vaccine appointments? (Yes.)

Should I keep my child’s vaccine appointments? While it’s dominating the news coverage, COVID-19 isn’t the only healthcare concern people have. Dr. Elizabeth McGraw explains why keeping your children’s vaccinations on schedule and up to date is important, and how medical practitioners are taking steps to keep people as safe as possible. https://youtube.com/watch?v=mGAUiW6NTB4%3Fcolor%3Dwhite Source: Read Full Article

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COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee

Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope—maybe unrealistic—that an end to the pandemic may arrive sooner than anticipated. About 100 research groups are pursuing vaccines with nearly a dozen in early stages of human trials or poised to start. It’s a crowded […]

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