Thursday, April 30, 2020

Pandemic Delaying Medical Care of Older Americans

Title: Pandemic Delaying Medical Care of Older Americans Category: Health News Created: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2YmjZ1O via IFT...

LA First Major U.S. City to Offer Free Coronavirus Tests

Title: LA First Major U.S. City to Offer Free Coronavirus Tests Category: Health News Created: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2yfzo9p via IFT...

Trump Says Federal Guidelines on Social Distancing Set to Expire

Title: Trump Says Federal Guidelines on Social Distancing Set to Expire Category: Health News Created: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2KQa3Wc via IFT...

Are Face Shields Better Than Face Masks for Coronavirus?

Title: Are Face Shields Better Than Face Masks for Coronavirus? Category: Health News Created: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2SneMD9 via IFT...

High-Tech Prosthetic Arm Melds With Patient's Anatomy

Title: High-Tech Prosthetic Arm Melds With Patient's Anatomy Category: Health News Created: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2yVgHIf via IFT...

Interest in Unproven COVID Drugs Soared After Trump Gave Thumbs Up

Title: Interest in Unproven COVID Drugs Soared After Trump Gave Thumbs Up Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/3fecvEb via IFT...

Will Remdesivir Help COVID-19 Patients? Two Reports Provide Different Answers

Title: Will Remdesivir Help COVID-19 Patients? Two Reports Provide Different Answers Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2SF1tOD via IFT...

E-Cigarettes as Bad for Arteries as Regular Smokes, Study Finds

Title: E-Cigarettes as Bad for Arteries as Regular Smokes, Study Finds Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/3cZyZqc via IFT...

Replace That Old Carpet to Shield Your Kids From Toxins

Title: Replace That Old Carpet to Shield Your Kids From Toxins Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/3f9ONZF via IFT...

Obamacare May Help Many Laid-Off Workers Get Health Insurance

Title: Obamacare May Help Many Laid-Off Workers Get Health Insurance Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/3bVNDPh via IFT...

COVID-19 May Be Causing Kawasaki Disease Heart Condition in Kids

Title: COVID-19 May Be Causing Kawasaki Disease Heart Condition in Kids Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2KRhDA1 via IFT...

Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study

Title: Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/35sxv5y via IFT...

Herpes Virus Yields Up Genetic Secrets

Title: Herpes Virus Yields Up Genetic Secrets Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2yYI3wW via IFT...

AHA News: Make Mother's Day Last All Year With Wellness and Appreciation

Title: AHA News: Make Mother's Day Last All Year With Wellness and Appreciation Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2VR9UYP via IFT...

Researchers Report First U.S. Dog With Coronavirus

Title: Researchers Report First U.S. Dog With Coronavirus Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2xoLxbD via IFT...

Experts call for Japan to keep current framework of virus containment

Japan's coronavirus experts said it was desirable for the nation to keep its current framework of coronavirus containment policies until the number of new infections fell to a certain level, according to Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/3d5rnmo via...

Afghanistan likely facing coronavirus 'health disaster': U.S. watchdog

Afghanistan, beset by a poor healthcare system, malnutrition, war and other vulnerabilities, likely is facing a "health disaster" from the coronavirus, a watchdog report to the U.S. Congress warns. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/35n1LPi via IFT...

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus

More than 3.21 million people have reportedly been infected by the novel coronavirus globally, and 227,864 have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Thursday. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2y7koup via IFT...

Coronavirus: UK 'quite likely' to get close to or hit 100,00 tests target - Shapps

Grant Shapps says he is optimistic over the target, as the PM declares the UK is past the peak of the virus. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3dfUq6T via IFT...

China reports 12 new coronavirus cases versus four a day earlier

China reported 12 new coronavirus cases for April 30, up from four a day earlier, data from the country's health authority showed on Friday. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2Ym3a7a via IFT...

Coronavirus: 'Many said goodbye to loved ones in an ambulance'

Dr Nigel Kennea describes his role supporting bereaved families at one London hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3d2Jp8D via IFT...

Mexico reports 1,425 new coronavirus cases, 127 deaths

Mexican health officials on Thursday reported 1,425 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 127 new deaths in the country, bringing the total to 19,224 cases and 1,859 deaths. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2KOXfiR via IFT...

Trump says he has evidence coronavirus came from a Chinese lab, but he can't reveal it

President Trump said Thursday that he had seen evidence to prove that the coronavirus pandemic had spread from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but he declined to detail what that evidence was. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VP3Dgq via IFTT...

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment

Title: Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment Category: Health News Created: 4/28/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/35iYYqj via IFT...

Nanotechnology Might Help Fight Deadly 'Cytokine Storm' of COVID-19

Title: Nanotechnology Might Help Fight Deadly 'Cytokine Storm' of COVID-19 Category: Health News Created: 4/28/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2W96b8c via IFT...

Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promise

Title: Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promise Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/3f6115x via IFT...

What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19?

Title: What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19? Category: Health News Created: 4/28/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2yaji0E via IFT...

Trump Orders Meat Plants to Stay Open as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Pass 1 Million

Title: Trump Orders Meat Plants to Stay Open as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Pass 1 Million Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2ybNGI7 via IFT...

COVID-19 Now Linked With Strokes in Young Patients

Title: COVID-19 Now Linked With Strokes in Young Patients Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/3cZwAvN via IFT...

Coronavirus Crisis Has Fewer Kids Getting Needed Vaccines

Title: Coronavirus Crisis Has Fewer Kids Getting Needed Vaccines Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/3bT31fa via IFT...

COVID-19 Continues to Strike Men Harder Than Women

Title: COVID-19 Continues to Strike Men Harder Than Women Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/3d4ROIz via IFT...

Don't Let the Coronavirus Pandemic Rob You of Your Sleep

Title: Don't Let the Coronavirus Pandemic Rob You of Your Sleep Category: Health News Created: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2020 12:00:00 AM from MedicineNet Daily News https://ift.tt/2Skxyee via IFT...

South Korea: no new domestic coronavirus cases, no transmission from election

South Korea on Thursday reported no new domestic coronavirus cases for the first time since February, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2W9NS2G via IFT...

Bodies found in unrefrigerated trucks in New York during COVID-19 pandemic

The city of New York delivered a freezer truck to a funeral home on Wednesday after it was found to be storing dead bodies in unrefrigerated U-Haul vehicles, a Reuters eyewitness said. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/3f2yJIY via IFT...

South Korea reports no new domestic coronavirus cases, first time since Feb peak

South Korea reported on Thursday no new domestic coronavirus cases for the first time since its Feb. 29 peak, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/35iHQkm via IFT...

Yemen reports first two deaths from coronavirus

Yemen has reported its first two deaths from the novel coronavirus, its health minister told Yemen TV late on Wednesday. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2VM83Vf via IFT...

China reports 4 new coronavirus cases vs 22 a day earlier

China reported four new coronavirus cases for April 29, down from 22 a day earlier, data from the country's health authority showed. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2Ypv2ae via IFT...

Mexico coronavirus infections rise to 17,799 cases and 1,732 deaths

Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 1,047 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 163 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 17,799 cases and 1,732 deaths. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2KNhU78 via IFT...

Panama coronavirus cases climb to 6,378, deaths reach 178

Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Panama reached 6,378 on Wednesday, a rise of 178 from the previous day, and deaths climbed by two to 178, the health ministry said. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/3bP9qbx via IFT...

Coronavirus: Deadline day for 100,000 tests pledge

It comes as the PM is to lead the Downing Street briefing later - the first time since his return to work. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/2Smm3mv via IFT...

Coronavirus R0: Is this the crucial number?

The number at the heart of the decision whether to lift lockdown. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3cYqU5i via IFT...

Coronavirus: How does contact tracing work and is my data safe?

Millions in the UK will soon be asked to download an app that helps to limit coronavirus spreading. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/2zIPOaN via IFT...

Australia links coronavirus outbreak in remote south to Carnival Corp cruise ship

A coronavirus outbreak in Australia's remote southern island state of Tasmania likely originated from the Ruby Princess cruise ship, a government report published on Thursday concluded, as the national death toll rose to 91. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2ycTr8j via...