MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico aims to have developed a vaccine against COVID-19 that could be granted approval for emergency use this year, a senior official said on Tuesday, an outcome that could wean it off unreliable foreign supplies for…
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Ontario Hospitals May Have to Withhold Care as COVID-19 Fills ICUs
TORONTO (Reuters) – Doctors in the Canadian province of Ontario may soon have to decide who can and cannot receive treatment in intensive care as the number of coronavirus infections sets records and patients are packed into hospitals still stretched…
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Gender Vaccine Gap: More Women Than Men Are Getting COVID Shots
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Mary Ann Steiner drove 2.5 hours from her home in the St. Louis suburb of University City to the tiny Ozark town of Centerville, Missouri, to…
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European Countries May Have to Mix COVID-19 Shots Amid AstraZeneca Crisis
PARIS (Reuters) – Several European countries are considering mixing up COVID-19 vaccines for citizens who received a first dose of AstraZeneca’s shot, an unprecedented move that highlights challenges for governments struggling to tame fresh rises in infections. Vaccination programmes have…
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Remote Cardio Visits Expand Access for Underserved During COVID
Remote cardiology clinic visits during COVID-19 were used more often by certain traditionally underserved patient groups, but were also associated with less frequent testing and prescribing, new research shows. Neal Yuan “The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented shift…
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Canada Is Facing ‘Very Serious’ Third Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: PM Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s hospitalizations are surging, intensive care beds are filling up and COVID-19 variants are spreading as a third wave of the pandemic sweeps across much of the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. “Around the…
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Vaccine Passports Are Latest Flash Point in COVID Politics
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A man presents his “green passport,” proof that he has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, on opening night at the Khan Theater. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) —…
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France Sees Biggest Jump in COVID-19 Intensive Care Patients in Months
PARIS (Reuters) – France reported on Friday that 5,254 people were in intensive care units with COVID-19, an increase of 145 people in one day and the highest daily increase in five months. The risk of emergency wards being unable…
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Super-Spreader Events Give Life to Virus Variants
(Reuters) – Super-spreader events, in which an infected person transmits the virus to many other people, are critical to the survival and predominance of new variants, researchers have found. If coronavirus transmission only occurs one person at a time, a…
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Why Do Some COVID-19 Tests Hurt So Much?
The one time I got tested for COVID-19, I wound up in the emergency room — but not because I tested positive. During the test, as the technician kept inching the swab deeper and deeper inside my nose, I felt…
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