Category: Public Health

Notre Dame mandates COVID-19 testing after students rush football field

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El Paso has more COVID-19 cases than 29 states; NYC ‘dangerously close’ to second wave — 10 regional notes

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US sees 6th day with 100K+ new cases; Eli Lilly’s antibody treatment gets emergency approval — 5 COVID-19 updates

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‘No Mercy’ Chapter 7: After a Rural Town Loses Hospital, Is a Health Clinic Enough?

In Fort Scott, Kansas, the Community Health Center’s big green-and-white sign replaced Mercy Hospital’s name on the front of the town’s massive medical building. In the final chapter of Season One: “No Mercy,” we have an appointment to see what’s inside.

Trump’s Anti-Abortion Zeal Shook Fragile Health Systems Around the World

President-elect Joe Biden inherits a global health landscape changed by the Trump administration more than under any Republican president since Ronald Reagan.

Orange County Struggles With Health Equity — And Battles State Restrictions

Disneyland can’t reopen until Orange County’s coronavirus infection rates improve — especially among its poorest and most vulnerable residents. Local officials are protesting the requirements, saying the economy will suffer, and residents’ health along with it.

COVID-19 may intensify tinnitus, study finds

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COVID-19, flu deaths increased in early October: 4 CDC findings

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Biden forms COVID-19 task force; Pfizer’s vaccine 90% effective, early data shows — 6 updates

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Search for a Snakebite Drug Might Lead to a COVID Treatment, Too

Human clinical trials are scheduled for a drug that could prevent some of the 100,000-plus deaths from snakebites worldwide each year. The same drug may also help people suffering from COVID-related acute respiratory distress.