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[ad_1] Steroids could do more harm than good in patients with milder cases of COVID-19. Go Nakamura/Getty Images New studies show that treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with inexpensive steroids can cut their risk of dying from the illness by a third. The results are so clear that the World Health Organization changed its advice […]

[ad_1] In recent days, experts have become increasingly convinced — and alarmed — that President Trump is pushing to cut corners and rush the release of a COVID-19 vaccine before Nov. 3 to improve his chances in the election. But imagine, for a moment, if Trump did the opposite. What if he pledged to wait

[ad_1] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The first and last time Don Murkerson saw his 26-year-old daughter, Emily, at Halifax Health Medical Center was after she was in the hospital for seven days, when her heart stopped beating.  “It was a terrible situation,” Murkerson said. “I didn’t get to see her at all until we were called in and she

[ad_1] Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Amidst a national debate on how to safely reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic, several colleges and universities took the plunge, inviting students back to dorms and classrooms with strict health guidelines. More than a third of the nation’s 5,000 higher education campuses have reopened, with students from out of state

[ad_1] ALFRED, Maine – The number of coronavirus cases linked to an outbreak at a Maine jail continued to climb Wednesday as authorities reported more results from universal testing of inmates and employees. Public health investigators have linked the jail outbreak to a broader outbreak involving an Aug. 7 wedding in the Millinocket, Maine, area. One

[ad_1] Florida has severed ties with Quest Diagnostics — one of the biggest names in coronavirus testing — blasting the company on accusations that it dumped nearly 75,000 months-old test results into the state’s monitoring system. In a statement posted to Twitter Tuesday, the Florida Department of Health said that “the law requires all COVID-19

[ad_1] Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters. Associated Press Republican Sen. Joni Ernst pushed a conspiracy theory that coronavirus deaths in the US are being drastically overcounted because healthcare providers want to be paid more.  During a campaign stop in Iowa, her home state, Ernst said she was “so skeptical” of the reported national

[ad_1] Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a new interview that a coronavirus vaccine could become available sooner than expected — as long as clinical trials produce overwhelmingly positive results. Two trials of 30,000 volunteers are expected to wrap up by the end of the year, but the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board has the

[ad_1] The US will not participate in a worldwide effort to develop and distribute a coronavirus vaccine — in part because the initiative is being led by the World Health Organization, the White House announced Tuesday. President Trump has expressed confidence in US efforts to develop a vaccine and has been harshly critical of the

[ad_1] A government watchdog group is accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration of sitting on data that would provide the full death tally of nursing home residents from the coronavirus. The Empire Center for Public Policy accuses the state Health Department of stalling on compliance with a Freedom of Information Law request seeking the information. Currently,