BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is weighing candidates to replace Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello, according to people familiar with the matter, preparing to install the fourth person in a year in the role as COVID-19 cases rage out…
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South Korean Hospitals Extract Extra COVID Vaccine Doses From Vials
SEOUL (Reuters) – In a handful of South Korean hospitals, designated nurses are using specially designed syringes to squeeze extra doses of coronavirus vaccine out of each vial in a bid to stretch the still limited number of vials to…
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German Society Updates Rheumatic Diseases Guidelines in Light of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh) has updated its guidelines to reflect the recent impact of the pandemic, noting among its key changes that anti-rheumatic medication should not be changed solely for fear of SARS-CoV-2…
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Aviation Industry Urges Biden to Back COVID-19 Health Credentials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major U.S. aviation, travel and aerospace groups on Monday joined airline unions in urging the Biden administration to help establish temporary COVID-19 health credentials to boost travel, which has been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. In a…
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COVID-19 Isolation and an Infant’s Immune System
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Queirra Fenderson, a first-time mom in Fort Washington, MD, gave birth to her daughter, Arya, at the end of December 2019. On the advice of their…
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Cheers and Hope as Doctor Gets Nigeria’s First COVID-19 Vaccine
ABUJA (Reuters) – A doctor who has spent the past year treating COVID-19 patients on Friday became the first person in Nigeria to be vaccinated against the disease, kicking off a mammoth campaign that aims to inoculate 80 million people…
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Pandemic Slices Medicare Physician Spending in First Half of 2020: AMA
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, physician spending in the fee-for-service Medicare program was $9.4 billion less than expected — a drop of 19% — in the…
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WHO to Scrap Interim Report on Probe of COVID-19 Origins: WSJ
(Reuters) – A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the investigation and an appeal from one…
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US NIH Halts Trial Testing COVID-19 Blood Plasma
(Reuters) — The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it had halted a trial testing convalescent blood plasma in treatment of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms. The NIH said an independent data monitoring board found…
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Contagious Brazil COVID Variant Evades Immunity, Scientists Warn
LONDON (Reuters) – A highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that emerged in Brazil and has now been found in at least 20 countries can re-infect people who previously recovered from the disease, scientists said on Tuesday. In a study of the…
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