Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 infection is associated with a significant increase in the corrected QT interval (QTc) in hospitalized patients, independent of common clinical factors associated with QTc prolongation,…
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Ireland expected to allow J&J vaccine for over-50s: RTE TV
FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, “COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only” and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado RuvicDUBLIN (Reuters) –…
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California Goes From Worst to First in Virus Infections
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just a few months ago, California was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. Hospitals in Los Angeles were drowning…
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Coronavirus hospitalizations tumble among US seniors
CDC considering revisions to outdoor mask guidance Leslie Marshall, Steve Hilton and Jason Chaffetz joins ‘Fox News @ Night’ to discuss the latest coronavirus controversies WASHINGTON – COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged more than 70% since the start…
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An ancient coronavirus swept across East Asia 25,000 years ago
An ancient coronavirus may have infected the ancestors of people living in modern-day East Asia starting 25,000 years ago and for millennia afterward, according to a new study. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has now claimed more than 3 million lives,…
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Norway offers mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to those who first got AstraZeneca's
FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoOSLO (Reuters) – Norway will offer those who have received a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine…
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Philippine hospitals struggle to cope as more severe COVID-19 wave hits
MANILA (Reuters) – Nick Yañez, a 28-year-old ambulance nurse in a satellite city of Manila, says she sometimes spends six to seven hours in her emergency vehicle caring for a COVID-19 patient before a bed can be found in a…
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Bitter experience helps French ICUs crest latest virus wave
ROUEN, France — Slowly suffocating in a French intensive care ward, Patrick Aricique feared he would die from his diseased lungs that felt “completely burned from the inside, burned like the cathedral in Paris,” as tired doctors and nurses labored…
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Novel mRNA delivery vehicle provides alternative to LNPs for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Researchers in the United States have developed an alternative messenger RNA (mRNA) delivery platform to the lipid nanoparticles that are currently used in vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019…
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Trained dogs can smell coronavirus in your pee
Dogs can sniff out SARS-CoV-2 in urine samples with 96% accuracy, according to a proof-of-concept study. No more swabs being jammed up your nose? Not quite, as the “dog test” is a long way off from practical applications. That’s because…
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