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Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat

First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body. Darlene Gildersleeve thought ...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Airway experts’ work puts them inches from where virus lives

It starts with pulling on head-to-toe protective gear. Then comes a brisk walk down a hospital corridor, triple-gloved hands pushing a rattling anesthesia cart toward a door that leads to a ...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Virus is mostly mild and rarely fatal for U.S. kids, data show

The first national data on COVID-19 in U.S. children suggest that while the illness usually isn’t severe in kids, some do get sick enough to require hospital treatment. The Center...

DATE: Apr 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

For seniors, isolation changes life in varied, nuanced ways

One remembers the polio epidemic and the hardships of World War II. One is stoic about it all – because, he says, he’s already “here past the welcome.” A third, old enough to remember the af...

DATE: Mar 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. hospitals brace for ‘tremendous strain’ from new virus

U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for...

DATE: Mar 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Virus and elderly: Avoid crowds, cruises, long plane trips

The U.S. government’s coronavirus recommendations tell older adults to avoid crowds, cruises and long plane rides – advice that one public health official acknowledged won’t be welcomed by m...

DATE: Mar 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

China’s virus slowdown offers hope for global containment

The slowdown in coronavirus cases out of China offers a sliver of hope that the global outbreak can be controlled, but whether that can happen anytime soon without drastic measures remains t...

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training

Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. For Rhi Ledgerwood, who was designated female at birth, identifies as t...

DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Electric scooter injuries surge along with their popularity

Electric scooter injuries have surged along with their popularity in the United States, nearly tripling over four years, researchers said in a study published Wednesday. Nearly 40...

DATE: Jan 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Brain differences may be tied to obesity, kids’ study says

New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children’s health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function. Does excess body weight someh...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Phone-in-cheek: Spike seen in cellphone-linked face injuries

Add facial cuts, bruises and fractures to the risks from cellphones and carelessly using them. That’s according to a study published Dec. 5 that found a spike in U.S. emergency ro...

DATE: Dec 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections

Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care. That’s according to a U.S. government study that result...

DATE: Nov 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health