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Health By BY BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3lOET2v via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Remdesivir (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Academic and Scientific Journals, your-feed-healthcare In a review of several trials, the World Health Organization found that Gilead’s drug did not improve survival rates for patients nor did it help them recover.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/38XR3Cp via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Airlines and Airplanes, Thanksgiving Day, Holidays and Special Occasions, Travel and Vacations, Hygiene and Cleanliness Even as the White House downplays the coronavirus threat, health officials warned against traditional gatherings with those from outside the immediate household.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2HgnaSo via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Women and Girls, Research, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, your-feed-healthcare From 2010-2018, significantly fewer people died of H.I.V.-related causes, although survival rates for women and people of color did not improve as much.

Health By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/38W7q2l via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Hospitals, Advertising and Marketing, your-feed-healthcare With the pandemic raging in the U.S., a new ad campaign features frontline medical personnel pleading for everyone to mask up.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pIQh2g via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Protective Clothing and Gear, Clinical Trials, Masks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Content Type: Service, Hygiene and Cleanliness, Medicine and Health, Research The accumulating research may be imperfect, and it’s still evolving, but the takeaway is simple. Right now, masks are necessary to slow the pandemic.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2IN4IRY via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Protective Clothing and Gear, Clinical Trials, Masks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Content Type: Service, Hygiene and Cleanliness, Medicine and Health, Research The accumulating research may be imperfect, and it’s still evolving, but the takeaway is simple. Right now, masks are necessary to slow the pandemic.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pFMBhO via IFTTT Protective Clothing and Gear, Masks, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Clinical Trials Masks prevent people from transmitting the coronavirus to others, scientists now agree. But a new trial failed to document protection from the virus among the wearers.

Health By BY KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3nxD0Yo via IFTTT your-feed-science, Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), RNA (Ribonucleic Acid), your-feed-healthcare The company said it planned to apply for emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration “within days.”

Health By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT Health https://ift.tt/32QpiYL via IFTTT Health Insurance and Managed Care, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Children and Childhood, Measles, Vaccination and Immunization, Whooping Cough, Poliomyelitis The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association said vaccinations for measles, polio and other highly contagious diseases had fallen by as much as 26 percent during the coronavirus pandemic.

Health By BY KATHERINE J. WU from NYT Health https://ift.tt/36L8lQz via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health, your-feed-health, your-feed-science The test relies on a nose swab and can be run in just 30 minutes. But it requires a prescription, and has not been evaluated in asymptomatic people.