FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Each COVID-19 death in the United States leaves an average of nine close family members to grieve, researchers say. With more than 137,000 deaths so far in the pandemic, that means about 1.2 million Americans have lost a grandparent, parent, sibling, spouse, child or other close relative. “In […]
Placenta May Help Shield Fetus From COVID-19
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Some key molecules used by the new coronavirus to cause infection aren’t found in the placenta, which may explain why the virus is rarely detected in fetuses or newborns of women with COVID-19. U.S. government researchers found that placental membranes lack the messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule required to […]
U.S. Breaks Another Daily Record for New Cases, With More Than 75,000 Infections
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Yet another daily record for new U.S. coronavirus cases was shattered on Thursday, with 75,600 new infections reported. It’s the 11th time in the past month that the daily record had been broken, The New York Times reported. The previous single-day record, 68,241 cases, was reported last Friday. […]
Your Guide to Safer Dining During the Pandemic
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Restaurant dining used to be a routine affair, but many now dread the thought of chowing down in a roomful of bare-faced strangers. So as state-level lockdowns wax and wane, how safe is it to dine at your favorite restaurant? There’s some risk, but with proper precautions you […]
Contact Tracing Useless Unless It’s Speedy: Study
THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — It’s the Holy Grail for containing the spread of coronavirus, but contact tracing only works if it is done quickly, researchers report. The modeling study showed that even if all contacts are successfully traced, a delay of three days or more between the start of symptoms and testing […]
Coronavirus May Have Come From Bats; Could They Also Hold Clues to Treatments?
THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Bats have been blamed as a possible source of the new coronavirus pandemic ravaging the globe. But they might also point to possible ways out of it. Scientists say the winged mammals’ immune systems may offer clues on how to fight the new coronavirus and other dangerous viruses […]
AHA News: At Nonprofit Fitness Center, Women Find Strength in Numbers
THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — After more than a decade of driving a Boston city bus, Lorene Thomas was exhausted, overweight and depressed. “Sitting in that seat all the time, I gained weight and had high blood pressure,” Thomas said. The 64-year-old also felt traumatized after several scary incidents, including being […]
More States, Retailers Turn to Face Mask Mandates as U.S. Cases Top 3.5 Million
THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As the number of U.S. coronavirus cases topped 3.5 million on Wednesday, more states, cities and major retailers turned to face mask mandates to try to stem the spread of COVID-19. Increasingly seen as a last hope to slow soaring infection rates across the country, Alabama, Montana and […]
Have Lockdown Measures Worked to Control Coronavirus? Here’s the Evidence
THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Lockdown measures helped reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in countries around the world, a new study finds. Moreover, earlier stay-in-place restrictions such as closing schools and workplaces were tied to a greater reduction in cases, according to British researchers. The findings, published July 15 in the BMJ, […]