France on Thursday registered a record of almost 10,000 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours ahead of a key meeting to decide a toughening of coronavirus measures. Officials are increasingly concerned about the high number of infections in France, even if the death toll and admissions to intensive care are way off the hights recorded in March and […]
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Fox News Flash top headlines for September 10 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Severe COVID-19 is more deadly than heart attacks among young adults, according to a new study. Data were analyzed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and the team’s findings were published on Wednesday in Jama Internal Medicine. Of nearly 781,000 […]
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A comprehensive analysis of antibody responses in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients could inform the development of an effective vaccine, according to a study published September 10 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Chao Wu and Rui Huang of Nanjing University Medical School, and colleagues. The results show that the neutralizing activity of antibodies from recovered patients is typically […]
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Fox News Flash top headlines for September 10 Early in the coronavirus pandemic, the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, were not recommended due to concerns that it could lead to more severe cases of COVID-19. However, a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine found NSAIDs such as ibuprofen and diclofenac did not have adverse effects in […]
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DeWitt Hospital is a critical access hospital in DeWitt, Arkansas. It provides emergency and outpatient services for rural Southeastern Arkansas. The hospital is equipped with a radiology department, a laboratory department, a respiratory department and an emergency room. It also operates a nursing home attached to the hospital, the Ferguson Rural Health Clinic, and the local ambulance and paramedic services. […]
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Blocking an enzyme linked with inflammation makes it possible for stem cells to repair damaged heart tissue, new research from UC Davis Health scientists shows. The enzyme—soluble epoxide hydrolase, or sEH—is a known factor in lung and joint disease. Now, it is a focus of heart-disease researchers as well. The authors expect their work will lead to a new and […]
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Drugs giant AstraZeneca on Thursday said a COVID-19 vaccine could still be available by as early as the end of the year, despite a randomised clinical trial being paused. “We could still have a vaccine by the end of this year, early next year,” the UK-based company’s chief executive Pascal Soriot said in comments at a media event. AstraZeneca announced […]
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A new study by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center sheds light on how interferon-gamma (IFN-y), an immune response-stimulating signaling molecule that helps activate immune cells, guides the treatment response in people with advanced melanoma who are treated with one of the leading immunotherapies—immune checkpoint blockade. The team pinpointed two main drivers that help the immune system efficiently […]
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An analysis of 129 million texts sent to non-profit Crisis Text Line showed the words people were most likely to use in a crisis. The more concerning words were not "suicide," they included "nightstand," "vampire," "800 milligrams," 💊, and 😭. 75% of Crisis Text Line users are under 25 years old, and 12% are under age 13, making this a […]
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Three cholera epidemics struck 19th-century Leiden. Today’s coronavirus pandemic prompted Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at the Leiden University Libraries, to scour the library for maps about these past epidemics. “As a child I was always poring over my parents’ atlas,” says Storms. “That was the Winkler Prins Family Atlas from 1974. It is now on my bookshelf, […]
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