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US Lifts Visa Halt to Boost COVID-19 Physician Workforce
The move will help international medical graduates get ready to start their US residencies and potentially help battle COVID-19. But some complications still exist, an expert says.
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How Scientists Predict How Many People Will Get COVID-19
Projections can change by the day. Here's a guide to where the numbers come from.
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Case Fatality Rate for COVID-19 Near 1.4%, Increases With Age
The case fatality rate among persons aged 80 years or older is close to 8%, authors of new study estimate.
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How COVID Silent Spreaders May Be Infecting Others
Researchers look at how people are infecting others with COVID-19 before they themselves have symptoms, or have no symptoms at all.
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Imported Masks, Other Supplies Arriving in U.S.
The U.S. has a critical shortage of medical supplies, many of which come from China
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WalMart Will Check All Workers' Temperatures
Employees with a temperature of over 100 degrees Fahrenheit will be sent home for at least three days and may be advised to seek medical treatment. The workers will be paid for showing up for work,...
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Why Germany Has Fewer COVID Deaths Than Neighbors
France has four times as many deaths as Germany and Britain has twice as many, even though both countries have fewer reported infections.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci Threatened, Gets Security Boost
The Justice Department officials did not provide details about the threats against Fauci or the extent of protection he'll receive, CBS News reported.
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Federal Inmates Kept in Cells Due to Coronavirus
The quasi-lockdown is the latest in a series of measures taken by the bureau in response to the coronavirus pandemic
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COVID-19: AHA Guidance on Hypertension, Latest on Angiotensin Link
The American Heart Association advised cardiac patients to avoid medications or supplements that could raise blood pressure. Separately, new reviews explore the latest on the angiotensin connection.
View ArticleThe Damaging Effects of Cannabis on the ADHD Brain
Cannabis is used by a startling number of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Studies show that more than half of daily and non-daily cannabis users have ADHD1, and about...
View Article“What I Learned About My ADHD Brain on Quarantine”
My daughter is a first-year medical student. A few weeks ago, she flew to a medical conference in New York. As I write this, traveling on an airplane seems like a delightfully whimsical concept from...
View Article“I’ve Been Homeschooling My ADHD Brood for Years. Here’s What I Want You to...
You’ve never homeschooled. Suddenly, you’re a homeschooling parent. You’ve never taught a child with ADHD. Suddenly, you’re master or mistress of an IEP. You can barely get your child to focus on...
View ArticleLDA Raises Concerns over IDEA and Section 504 Waivers to Secretary Betsy DeVos
MEDIA CONTACT: Monica McHale-Small, President, president@ldaamerica.org, www.ldaamerica.org Pittsburgh, PA (April 1, 2020) – The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) has submitted a...
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FDA Requests Zantac Be Pulled From the Market
Six months after independent testing first raised the possibility that popular heartburn drug ranitidine (Zantac) might break down into the powerful carcinogen n-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), the FDA...
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'Pink Eye' Often a Symptom of COVID-19
Of 38 patients with COVID-19, a dozen also had pink eye (conjunctivitis), a new study found. In two patients, the coronavirus was present in both nasal and eye fluids.
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EPA Didn’t Tell Residents About Gas Risks: Report
A new government report has rebuked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to tell residents about the health risks they face by living near facilities that release cancer-causing...
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Mild COVID-19 Often Only Shows Gastro Symptoms
In the new study, the research team tracked data from 206 patients with mild COVID-19. Nearly one-quarter (48) had digestive symptoms only, 69 displayed both digestive and respiratory symptoms, and 89...
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Medical Helpline Calls Soar as COVID-19 Spreads
The widespread fear has led thousands of people to call medical helplines rather than enter hospitals that are full of other sick people.
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COVID-19 Deaths in Italy a Lesson for the US
Italy was slow to enact social distancing orders following the first reports of COVID-19 cases in the country, a factor that experts believe may have played a part in how quickly coronavirus cases...
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