(Reuters) – The United States is reviewing reports of a handful of potential cases of severe side effects among people who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in addition to those that led to a pause in its use, a…
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Virus Variants Inciting India’s Second Surge, Epidemiologists Say
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The second surge of COVID-19 cases in India has swamped hospitals much faster than the first because mutations in the virus mean each patient is infecting many more people than before, epidemiologists and doctors say. India’s…
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EU Countries Move Toward COVID Passes to Reopen Summer Travel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries formally agreed on Wednesday to launch COVID travel passes as a step towards reopening to tourism this summer and will negotiate details with the bloc’s lawmakers in May, two diplomatic sources said. The certificates…
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Healthcare Collapse Imminent, Sao Paulo Warns, as COVID Surges
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s richest and most populous state, Sao Paulo, has warned its ability to care for seriously ill COVID-19 patients was on the verge of collapse as it ran perilously low on key drugs, according to a…
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Mexican-Made COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready This Year
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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