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New study highlights the credibility of registered clinical trials
In a time when we have to rely on clinical trials for COVID-19 drugs and vaccines, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of...
1 hour ago - News Medical
Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo
No new confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease have been reported in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 27 April 2020 . The...
5 hours ago - WHO
COVID-19 vaccine hunters and the ‘warp speed' race that could test public trust
“It's been going on since February, so you need to sleep sometime, right? At least, I can't just go on and on and on. We work sometimes 15, 16 hours a day. I'm not going to lie...
6 hours ago - National Post - 2 articles
Authors retract Lancet article that found hydroxychloroquine increases risk of death in COVID-19 patients
NEW YORK - An influential medical journal article that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID-19 patients was retracted on Thursday, adding to the...
6 hours ago - National Post - 4 articles
CMS Modifies Policies, Timelines for Alternative Payment Models
Changes are designed to help providers and ACOs cope with the COVID-19 pandemic; Next Generation ACO program extended for a year. Medscape Medical News
8 hours ago - Medscape - 3 articles
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No Elbow Bumps, But Air Hugs And Conversation As Long-Term Care Facilities Open For Visitors
The Baker administration eased its guidance on non-essential visits to long-term care facilities this week. With certain limitations, families can reunite.
9 hours ago - CommonHealth Wbur
COVID-19 Nursing Home Audits Show Progress, Concerns
Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders said 49 of the 230 nursing homes audited between May 18 and May 29 "remain in the red," indicating they failed to meet one...
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DPH: Nearly 80% Of Mass. COVID-19 Cases Have Recovered
Of the nearly 98,000 people confirmed to have had COVID-19, the Department of Public Health said that 78,108 have been released from isolation and "are considered for purposes...
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Coalition: No Further Mass. Reopening Until Those At-Risk, Including People Of Color, Are Protected
The group of doctors, union leaders and community and public health advocates demands the Baker administration meet criteria before reopening, including documented declines in...
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Rituximab May Hold Promise in Treating Pediatric Burkitt Lymphoma
Results of the phase III Inter-B-NHL-ritux 2010 clinical trial shows the effectiveness of Rituximab in improving the survival rate among kids with non-Hogkin lymphoma.
New Discovery Could Lead to Effective and Natural Treatment for Parkinson's...
Certain hormone-like compounds naturally produced by the body boost dopamine levels in the brain of patients with Parkinson's disease. Stimulating dopamine production may help...
Cirrhosis-related Death is Similar Among Men and Women
Cirrhosis-related death is same in both men and women despite a lower liver transplantation rate in women, reveals a new study.
Disney goes woke for Black Lives Matter - But kowtows to China's racism...
Disney is one of the corporations and major Hollywood studios giving full-throated support to the Black Lives Matter movement. But the company has time and again been impotent...
COVID-19 Studies with Surgisphere Data Retracted
Two papers related to COVID-19 appearing in major journals that relied on data from Surgisphere Corp. were retracted on Thursday. One was the large study in The Lancet...
Amazon bans book on coronavirus from lockdown critic Alex Berenson
Amazon, the world's dominant online distributor of books and e-books, is censoring a book about the Chinese virus from lockdown critic and former New York Times reporter Alex...
Eating apples and other flavonoid-rich foods lowers cancer and heart disease...
Apples are nutritious fruits. An old saying even suggests that eating an apple a day keeps the doctor away. It looks like this cliche may be scientifically-proven, after all...
Coronavirus can damage men's fertility by harming sperm-making cells
Researchers at Tufts University and Gongii Medical College in China could find little evidence of the virus in men's testicles, but they did find damage that could harm...
WNBA All-Star Chiney Ogwumike: "All Lives Cannot Matter Unless Black Lives...
Chiney Ogwumike, a two-time WNBA All-Star, ESPN analyst, and vice president of the WNBA Players' Association, is adding her voice to the chorus of those demanding change. As...
Common Heartburn Drug for COVID-19 Symptoms?
Self-administered high-dose oral famotidine was well tolerated and associated with improved patient-reported outcomes in non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a small case series...