More articles about: infectious disease
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Convalescent Plasma and COVID-19: Hope, Blood and Chance
Convalescent plasma has shown promise against COVID-19, but new research will try to prove if it really works.
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The Top 5 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Explained
A COVID-19 vaccine is being made, but what do we know about the top five vaccine candidates trying to end the coronavirus pandemic?
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Outside Looking In: Hospital Visitor Rules Vary During Pandemic
Lessons from early peak state of Michigan could inform hospitals in other areas.
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How the Timing of Light Exposure Could Be Affecting Your Health
Increased light exposure can have positive and negative effects on your health — depending on the time of day.
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Recovery After Severe COVID Infection Poses Unique Challenges
As more patients are discharged from stressed ICUs, they face multiple problems brought on by the pandemic.
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Coronavirus: Decoding the Spiky Fuzz-Ball
Seen as the visual representation of the pandemic, one expert says the image should also be used as an educational tool.
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Study Suggests Cardiovascular Impact of COVID-19 Could be Overstated
Researchers found many instances of respiratory failure and kidney injury, but not heart failure, among COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs across the country.
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Is it Safe to Travel in the Age of COVID-19?
As lockdown restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic ease up across the country, health experts discuss travel and how to make vacationing as safe as possible during COVID.
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Rehabilitation Care is Needed for Many COVID-19 Patients
Patients recovering from COVID-19 may need physical and cognitive rehabilitation to help combat the damaging effects the novel coronavirus has on the body and mind.
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Drug That Calms ‘Cytokine Storm’ Associated with 45% Lower Risk of Dying among COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators
Critically ill COVID-19 patients on ventilators who got tocilizumab in an observational study were 45% less likely to die.
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The COVID-19 Curve has Unflattened Fast. Now What?
COVID-19 cases are rising as measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus are relaxed. Medical historians who studied past pandemics share what it will take to reverse the spike.
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Lessons From the 1918 Pandemic: A U.S. City’s Past May Hold Clues
A medical historian says striking similarities exist between how we reacted a century ago, and how we’re responding now.
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COVID-19 and Teletherapy May Be Changing How Much You Know About Your Therapist
With the coronavirus risk, many therapy sessions have moved online to video calls. 
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Barriers to Addiction Care Fell Because of COVID-19. Now the Challenge is Keeping Them Down
Telemedicine for addiction treatment used to be uncommon. But the changes in health policy from COVID-19 could change that forever.
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Dropping the Ball: Post ICU, Many Patients Not Getting the Correct Meds
A new study finds that prescription drugs given in the ICU should be reevaluated after patient discharge to avoid continuing medication habits that were meant to be temporary.