HPV vaccine has reduced need for cervical cancer screening, medical group says
For the first time, an expert medical group has recommended delaying, decreasing and simplifying cervical cancer screening, largely because the HPV vaccine, introduced 14 years ago, is protecting young women from the disease. Most Americans still don’t know that the…
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People Who Wear COVID-19 Masks Touch Their Faces Less — That’s a Good Thing
Researchers say people who wear face coverings like masks tend to touch their faces less. Other researchers found the same thing was true for healthcare professionals who wear masks. Experts say the new coronavirus can spread after people touch openings…
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Pandemic acts as dress rehearsal for new medical school curriculum
Dozens of faculty, students and staff at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have committed countless hours over the past three years to planning a new curriculum that will launch in September with the arrival of incoming medical…
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Boosting immune system a potential treatment strategy for COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives around the world, much research has focused on the immune system’s role in patients who become seriously ill. A popular theory has it that the immune system gets so revved up fighting…
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NIH trial to test antibodies and other therapeutics for mild, moderate COVID-19
A Phase 2 clinical trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of potential new therapeutics for COVID-19, including an investigational therapeutic based on synthetic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to treat the disease. Researchers sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and…
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Here’s the real difference between freckles and moles
Sometimes moles, or what we think are moles, can add unexpected anxiety around our health. Whether you’re someone who has always had a few of these dark spots, or are seeing new ones pop up over time, they can be…
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Cloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2: new study
A literature review coordinated by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and McMaster University in Canada demonstrates that cloth face masks provide clinically useful levels of filtration, which has the potential to reduce the spread of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. The findings,…
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Read this before using hand sanitizer again
The difference between two commonly used alcohols, ethanol and methanol, involves more than semantics. Many of the cosmetics we use today are made with ethanol, from facial astringents, to lotion. Since it is so effective at killing germs like bacteria,…
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New published study identifies potential COVID-19 treatment
Yunjeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok “KC” Chang, virologists in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, have published a study showing a possible therapeutic treatment for COVID-19. Pathogenic coronaviruses are a major threat to global public health, as shown…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci Talks COVID-19 Vaccine and School Openings
Dr. Anthony Fauci addressed the five things everybody can do to help prevent COVID-19 from spreading. They include wearing face masks, physical distancing, staying away from places where people congregate, choosing outdoor activities over indoor ones, and practicing good hand…
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