President Trump tests positive for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Vince Fleming/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Updated October 6, 2020 President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which Trump revealed in...
Read MoreMore than a quarter healthcare expenses linked to modifiable risk factors
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Modifiable health risks, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking, were linked to over $730 billion in healthcare spending in the United...
Read MoreInvestigational COVID-19 vaccine shows strong immune response in older adults
Photo Cred: CDC/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A phase 1 trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has shown that the...
Read MoreHHS and CDC present strategies for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Photo Cred: Marcin Jozwiak/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published its plan for distributing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations in a four-part strategy...
Read MoreTrump signs executive order on lowering drug prices
Photo Cred: Suzy Hazelwood/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this month, choosing to pursue a “most favored nation” policy for drug pricing. Under the...
Read MoreStudy finds elderly underrepresented in COVID-19 treatment and vaccine trials
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Older persons are highly likely to be excluded from many novel coronavirus (COVID-19) trials that seek to establish effective treatments and a preventive...
Read MoreSaliva tests potential solution for asymptomatic carriers
Photo Cred: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Testing self-collected saliva samples could offer an easy and effective mass testing approach for detecting asymptomatic novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to new findings...
Read MoreResearchers publish COVID-19 “prediction model”
Photo Cred: Burst/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Using demographic and clinical data gathered from seven weeks of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient care across five hospitals, Johns Hopkins researchers published a prediction...
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