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NEW YORK – With coronavirus vaccines on the horizon, when and where will most Americans get their shots? Many of the details are still being worked out, as regulators review the first vaccine...
DATE: Dec. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – Brain scans offer a tantalizing glimpse into the mind’s mysteries, promising an almost X-ray-like vision into how we feel pain, interpret faces and wiggle fingers. Studies of brain...
DATE: Dec. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
How could scientists race out COVID-19 vaccines so fast without cutting corners? A head start helped – over a decade of behind-the-scenes research that had new vaccine technology poised for a...
DATE: Dec. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
BURLINGTON, Vt. – By late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital’s phone system wasn’t working. Then the internet went down, and the...
DATE: Dec. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Don’t travel over the upcoming holidays. But if you must, consider getting coronavirus tests before and after, U.S. health officials urged Wednesday. The federal Centers for Disease Control and...
DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Moderna Inc. said Monday it was asking U.S. and European regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection – intensifying the...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
A company has started selling the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, a leap for the field that could make it much easier for people to learn whether they have dementia. It also...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
GENEVA – As several European countries have suspended access to the ski slopes to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said the risk of...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
In Pennsylvania, if you’re having friends over to socialize, you’re supposed to wear a mask – and so are your friends. That’s the rule, but Barb Chestnut has no intention of following it. “No one...
DATE: Nov. 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
U.S. health officials Saturday agreed to allow emergency use of a second antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental medicine that President Donald Trump was given when...
DATE: Nov. 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Pfizer formally asked U.S. regulators Friday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and...
DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Health officials around the world are clashing over the use of certain drugs for COVID-19, leading to different treatment options for patients depending on where they live. On Friday, a World...
DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
