New research by a University of Georgia scientist reveals that girls who are maltreated show higher levels of inflammation at an early age than boys…
COVID-19 Taking Huge Toll in Excess U.S. Deaths
TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2020 — A pair of new studies assert that the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster, causing more…
Merck Announces Week 96 Data from Phase 2b Study Evaluating Islatravir in Combination With Doravirine in Adults With HIV-1 Infection
KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE) October 8, 2020 — Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced Week 96 data from…
1 in 4 Americans aren’t washing their hands regularly
More Americans are washing their hands amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but 1 in 4 don’t lather up when they need to, such as after blowing…
Pediatricians’ group tackles racism in health care
(HealthDay)—As the struggle against racism continues to simmer across the United States, the American Academy of Pediatrics took a hard look at racial gaps in…
Understanding the 3 different reactions to the rise in Covid-19 cases
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‘Catastrophically short of doctors’: Virus surges in Ukraine
Coronavirus infections in Ukraine began surging in late summer, and the ripples are now hitting towns like Stebnyk in the western part of the country,…
Iovance Biotherapeutics Provides Update for Lifileucel in Metastatic Melanoma
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IOVA), a late-stage biotechnology company developing novel T cell-based cancer immunotherapies, today provided a regulatory update…
US insulin prices eight times higher than in other nations
Insulin prices are more than eight times higher in the United States than in 32 high-income comparison nations combined, according to a new RAND Corporation…
8 in 10 COVID-19 Patients Suffer Neurological Symptoms, Study Finds
MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 — As President Donald Trump battles the coronavirus, researchers reveal concerning new findings: Neurological symptoms occur in 8 of 10 hospitalized…