COVID-19 in healthcare workers driven by community exposure
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury In a well-resourced health system with adequate personal protection equipment (PPE), healthcare worker risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes the novel...
Read MoreFDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine
Photo Cred: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization for a vaccine to prevent the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the...
Read MoreReport details COVID-19 as trigger of recurrent Guillain–Barré syndrome
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Researchers from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School reported the first instance of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) triggering a recurrence of Guillain-Barré syndrome,...
Read MoreSurvey looks at how COVID-19 affects eye health
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Sore eyes are the most significant vision-based indicator of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to new research published in the journal BMJ Open...
Read MoreOxford COVID-19 vaccine safe and protective against disease, phase 3 trial results say
Photo Cred: RODNAE Productions/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The first full results from interim analysis of the Oxford-AstraZeneca novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trials found the vaccine has an acceptable safety profile...
Read MoreFDA authorizes combo COVID-19 and flu home test for emergency use
Photo Cred: Annie Spratt/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization on Friday to the first at-home diagnostic test for both the novel...
Read MoreChemical compounds in foods can inhibit key COVID-19 enzyme, study finds
Photo Cred: Pixabay/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes, and dark chocolate can bind to and block the function of a particular...
Read MoreCDC issues new guidance on quarantine timeframes
Photo Cred: Alexandre Chambon/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Wednesday new quarantine guidelines for people exposed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....
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