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Coronavirus updates: Study finds hydroxychloroquine won’t prevent COVID, North Carolina man…
New York City reopened indoor dining a day after opening public elementary schools, even as it faces a slight uptick in its positive COVID-19 case rates. Across the coast, Some Los Angeles elementary schools, on an application basis, may…
One in Seven Dire COVID Cases May Result from a Faulty Immune Response
Perhaps the most unnerving aspect of COVID-19 is its startling range of severity: from completely asymptomatic to deadly. Starting early in the pandemic, researchers identified factors that put people at risk of a serious case of the…
Moderna says coronavirus vaccine boosts immune system response in older adults
2020 presidential candidates trade insults on coronavirus pandemic responseFox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier and owners of Steepologie Teas Andrea Raetzer and Joe Raetzer discuss which candidate delivered the message Americans…
Egg freezing 10-year limit should be scrapped, says ethics body
The 10-year limit for storing eggs frozen for social reasons could be scrapped to give people…
Coronavirus updates: Illinois Gov. Pritzker enters isolation; 300,000 New York City students return…
New York City public schools opened their doors to 300,000 K-8 students Tuesday, hours after the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 1 million.Florida is also loosening restrictions, and students at Florida State University.…
Deadly Spread of Some Cancers May Be Driven by a Common Mouth Microbe
When people hear that they might have cancer, perhaps the only thing more frightening than the C word is the M word. Metastatic disease—in which the malignancy has traveled beyond its primary site to other spots in the…
Fauci calls Florida lift on restaurant restrictions ‘very concerning’
Fox News Flash top headlines for September 28Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Monday…
Coronavirus: NHS faces pandemic ‘triple whammy’ this winter
The NHS is facing a "triple whammy" of rising Covid-19 cases, a major backlog in treatment and…
Coronavirus updates: Global death toll nears 1M; Florida tops 700K cases; WHO provides potential…
With the global death toll from COVID-19 nearing 1 million, mass vaccinations remain unlikely until mid-2021, according to health experts.An ideal vaccination would protect about 70% of those who are vaccinated, but the current minimum…
How COVID-19 is Changing the English Language
In April, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary did something unusual. For the previous 20 years, they had issued quarterly updates to announce new words and meanings selected for inclusion. These updates have typically been…
Many Iowans plan to wait on taking coronavirus vaccine: poll
The Vaccine Race Quickens as the Virus Surges Across EuropePaul Gigot interviews Dr. Martin Makary of Johns Hopkins University.Iowans will take a wait-and-see approach to a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new poll.Forty-five percent of…
Coronavirus doctor’s diary: Is lockdown good for your heart?
Are people having fewer heart attacks? And should hospitals protect black, Asian and minority ethnic…
A new database tracks COVID-19’s effects on sex and gender
This story was published in partnership with The 19th, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy. Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, details about the virus’ sex and gender implications have begun to emerge:…
Coronavirus News Roundup, September 19-September 25
The items below are highlights from the free newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily in your inbox, sign up here. Please consider a monthly contribution to support this…
Recalled mushrooms linked to salmonella cases across 10 states
Fox News Flash top headlines for September 25Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.Health officials have linked a multi-state salmonella outbreak to a recalled variety of mushrooms that were…
Covid-19: What do scientists think of the PM’s plan?
After dangling the possibility of a mini-lockdown to break coronavirus's…
Coronavirus updates: US cases pass 7 million mark; Florida lifts restrictions; America is nowhere…
The U.S. has reported more than 7 million cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, a milestone that comes days after leading experts projected the virus' spread was set to rapidly increase in coming months.It has been eight months and four days…
How to Distribute a COVID-19 Vaccine Ethically
As COVID-19 continues to take the world by storm, and vaccine developers race toward safe and effective candidates to stem the tide of the pandemic, health officials and policy makers are grappling with a significant philosophical and…
Thanksgiving gatherings amid coronavirus should be small, CDC says
Fox News Flash top headlines for September 25Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.With fall officially here and the holidays quickly approaching, a federal health agency has issued a warning over…
Coronavirus updates: Pac-12 football returns; Cuomo says New York will review vaccines approved by…
New York state officials will conduct a review of any coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government before recommending them to New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.Cuomo said he feared President Donald Trump would…