COVID-19 and obesity poor outcomes not driven by inflammation
Photo Cred: Charles Deluvio/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Obesity is associated with poor novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outcomes, however this is not due to increased inflammation, but instead may be driven by...
Read MoreFDA authorizes first over-the-counter test for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday the emergency use authorization for the first over-the-counter at-home diagnostic test for the novel coronavirus...
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 MoreFDA approves new high-performance antibody test
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency use authorization of a semi-quantitative antibody testing kit for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that...
Read MoreOxford COVID-19 vaccine in older adults safe, provokes immune response
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The University of Oxford novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine showed similar safety and immunogenicity results in healthy older adults to those seen in younger...
Read MoreCDC urges Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
Photo Cred: Craig Adderley/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged Americans in its latest guidance to avoid travel during the Thanksgiving holiday and...
Read MoreFDA authorizes first at-home COVID-19 test
Photo Cred: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first at-home novel coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic test that provides rapid results,...
Read MorePopulation management, online program helps patients lose weight, study finds
Photo Cred: Pixabay/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital paired an online weight loss program with a phone- and email-based population health management program, and determined that patients in...
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