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Can Your Genes Determine if COVID-19 Puts You in the Hospital?
Your genes could determine whether the coronavirus puts you in the hospital — and we're starting to unravel which ones matter.
Here Come COVID-19 Tracing Apps - And Privacy Trade-Offs
As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stanch the pandemic.
Money for Worldwide AIDS Fight at Issue in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court's second day of arguments by phone is devoted to a new version of a case it decided seven years ago involving federal money to fight AIDS around the world.
DIY Cheek Swab Tested As Next Best Thing To Detect Coronavirus
At 21 drive-thru sites, anyone can now provide a sample by swishing a cotton swab around their mouths, putting it in a tube and dropping it in a receptacle on their way out — all within the comfort of their cars.
COVID-19 Vaccine Hunt Heats Up, Still No Guarantee
Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19,
Fear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit
Early studies suggest that smokers who develop COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, are 14 times more likely to need intensive treatment compared with nonsmokers.
Covid Tests are Free. Until They're Not
Congress has taken action to make COVID-19 testing more affordable for consumers with health insurance, but that reality doesn't always play out.
Masks are Tough for the Hard-of-Hearing, Here's How to Help
Experts recommend that communities take special measures to stay connected with the hard-of-hearing at this time. Mask wearing and social distancing present a real problem for many people with hearing loss.
Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Speeds COVID-19 Recovery
Remdesivir, an experimental antiviral drug from Gilead Sciences, led to faster recovery of patients with advanced COVID-19, according to data from a randomized clinical trial released April 29 by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
How Apple and Google Will Let Your Phone Warn You If You've Been Exposed to Coronavirus
Researchers who study security and privacy of wireless communication have examined the companies' plan and have assessed its effectiveness and privacy implications.
Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Risk
With medical supplies in high demand, federal authorities say health workers can wear surgical masks for protection while treating COVID-19 patients — but growing evidence suggests the practice is putting workers in jeopardy.
How to Get the Most Out of Health Apps
It's no secret that apps can turn your phone into a valuable tool for health and fitness. But with hundreds of thousands available, finding a good one can seem daunting.
Grim Count: U.S. Virus Toll Passes Trump's 60,000 Marker
The reported U.S. death toll on Wednesday crept past 60,000, a figure that Trump in recent weeks had suggested might be the total death count.
Health Insurers Prosper As COVID-19 Deflates Demand For Elective Treatments
As doctors and consumers are forced to put most nonemergency procedures on hold, many health insurers foresee strong profits.
How MISTR Makes PrEP Access Easy and Affordable
Telemedicine platform MISTR offers discrete and convenient online access to PrEP, the once-daily pill regimen that helps prevents HIV — one less thing to worry about during these stressful times.
Study Finds Blood Test Helped Detect Cancer Before Symptoms
For the first time, a blood test has been shown to help detect many types of cancer in a study of thousands of people with no history or symptoms of the disease.
Consumers Beware: Coronavirus Antibody Tests Still A Work In Progress
There are high hopes for antibody tests, which detect proteins that form in blood as part of the body's immune response to an invading virus. Such high hopes, however, are running smack into the roadblocks of reality.
Pence Comes Under Fire for Going Maskless at Mayo Clinic
Vice President Mike Pence chose not to wear a face mask Tuesday during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical center's policy requiring them.
Home Care is New Front in Virus Fight
Home health care is becoming a new front in the national fight against COVID-19 as some patients come back from hospitals and others strive to stay out of them.
How to Listen with Empathy Under the Strain of Social Distancing
The pandemic and the resulting orders to shelter in place have also uncovered vulnerabilities in our relationships with others.