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NEW YORK – A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could...
DATE: March 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
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 aftermath...
DATE: March 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
SEATTLE – An investigation at a Seattle-area nursing home concluded that symptoms aren’t enough to identify who is infected once the coronavirus enters a long-term care facility. Residents without...
DATE: March 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – At first, Jonathon Seidl wasn’t worried about the coronavirus despite his anxiety disorder. But that changed. The 33-year-old digital media strategist from Dallas, who takes medication,...
DATE: March 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON – Facing public criticism, the maker of a promising coronavirus drug said Wednesday it will waive a special regulatory designation that could have allowed it to block competition and...
DATE: March 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON – Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola,...
DATE: March 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON – The pharmaceutical giant that makes a promising coronavirus drug has registered it as a rare disease treatment with U.S. regulators, a status that can potentially be worth millions in...
DATE: March 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Excitement about treating the new coronavirus with malaria drugs is raising hopes, including with President Donald Trump. But the evidence that they may help is thin, and a run on the drugs is...
DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON – Scans of the lungs of the sickest COVID-19 patients show distinctive patterns of infection, but so far those clues offer little help in predicting which patients will pull through. For...
DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – A loss of smell or taste might be an early sign of infection with the pandemic virus, say medical experts who cite reports from several countries. It might even serve as a useful...
DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Kaiti Rhea Countryman, an Ignacio resident, needed a place to quiet her mind and process her grief after losing several family members since 2010. So she turned to a yoga mat. Countryman and her...
DATE: March 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Some cancer surgeries are being delayed, many stent procedures for clogged arteries have been pushed back and infertility specialists were asked to postpone helping patients get pregnant. Doctors...
DATE: March 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
