More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic the U.S. is still grappling with its coronavirus tests: how to improve them and how to make more of them. Dr. Bruce Tromberg of the National Institutes of Health is the top government scientist tasked with solving the nation’s testing woes. He’s in charge of $1.5 billion in congressional funding provided to […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Dina Halperin had been cooped up alone for three weeks in her nursing home room after her two unvaccinated roommates were moved out at the onset of the omicron surge. “I’m frustrated,” she said, “and so many of the nursing staff are burned out or just […]

MRI scans of children aged 9 to 10 years with ADHD showed few differences in structural brain measurements compared to their unaffected peers, according to a study led by a Duke University School of Medicine researcher. While providing little evidence of brain differences that are identifiable by MRI, the finding points to the need for more refined imaging techniques to […]

Dancing on Ice: Jayne Torvill claims Lady Leshurr ‘cheated’ We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Jane Torvill will always be remembered for her elegant dance performance […]

Deborah James leaves hospital after bowel cancer surgery We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The NHS explains: “Bowel cancer is a general term for cancer that […]

Dr Zoe Williams discusses visceral fat on This Morning We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Visceral fat can present serious health risks and has been linked […]

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon, 23-26 April) suggests that many of the symptoms connected to post-COVID syndrome (PCC, also known as long COVID) could be linked to the effect of the virus on the vagus nerve – one of the most important multi-functional nerves in the […]

Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its investigation into “a possible increased risk of death” associated with the lymphoma drug umbralisib (Ukoniq). The FDA granted accelerated approval to umbralisib in February 2021 for patients with two types of lymphoma: adults with relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma who received at least one prior therapy, and those with […]

U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children six months to 5 years old while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Monday. The company’s […]

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnosis is important for patients and public health to assess the levels of virus and infection risk. Due to the high need for SARS-CoV-2 testing, numerous rival testing technologies, sample types, and techniques have been developed and deployed. Compared to nucleic acid tests (NAT), rapid diagnostic procedures that use a lateral flow assay […]