Study 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...
Read MoreScreening of asymptomatic people could decrease COVID-19 infections
Photo Cred: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury When the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is slowing, low-cost, recurring screening of asymptomatic people, at an expense of approximately $3 or less per...
Read MoreStudy finds COVID-19 susceptibility for those with addiction
Photo Cred: Freestocks.org/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury People with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its complications, according to a new National Institutes of...
Read MoreCDC pushes states to prepare for COVID-19 vaccines
Photo Cred: Angelo Esslinger/Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged states to prepare for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations by November 1, according to...
Read MoreIntegrative Healthcare Symposium postpones 2021 conference amid COVID-19
Photo Cred: Integrative Healthcare Symposium By Katherine Shagoury The 2021 Integrative Healthcare Symposium, scheduled to take place January 14-16 at the Hilton Midtown in New York City, has been postponed...
Read MoreStudy raises concern that COVID-19 vaccine will be less effective for those with obesity
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury From the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) risk to recovery, the odds are stacked against those with obesity, and a future vaccine may have limited...
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