Vatican says Pope Francis no longer needs mechanical help to breathe as his health improves
Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help ...
5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data
Policymakers and researchers quickly discovered a troubling pattern: Many deaths linked to the virus were never officially counted. A study analyzing data from over 3,000 U.S. counties between March ...
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COVID-19 pneumonia negatively impacts hospitalization outcomes on ECMO
Having COVID-19 pneumonia vs. non-COVID-19 pneumonia while receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation negatively impacted ...
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5 ways the pandemic changed us for good, for bad and forever
The pandemic changed that for everyone. Zoom and other video conference apps became a common part of business and personal life. Despite the occasional frozen screen glitches and folks joining calls ...
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Chest CT Scans Can Help Diagnose Pneumonia
CT scans are the gold standard for detecting pneumonia, Klug said, but there are concerns regarding the risk posed by repeated exposure to radiation. Ultra-low-dose CT reduces radiation exposure, but ...
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Denoised ultra-low dose CT offers safe pneumonia diagnosis for immunocompromised patients
Denoised ultra-low dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation dose of standard CT, according to a study published today in Radiology: ...
RFK Jr.’s first month as health secretary: Touting French fries and casting doubts on vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) — There sat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, at a Steak ’n Shake with Fox News host ...
Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997
LONDON (AP) — There were 127,350 measles cases reported in Europe and Central Asia in 2024, double the number of cases ...
Five years later: When COVID-19 became a global pandemic
March 2020 was a blur. Coronavirus cases led to lockdowns, exacerbating economic disparities. By the end of the month, ...
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5 years since COVID, Connecticut says we are better prepared
Rodney Davis, from Bridgeport, got a hero's welcome in 2022 when he returned to Saint Vincent's Medical Center. He was the ...
A day-by-day look at Pope Francis' hospitalization for pneumonia, at the 3-week mark
Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...
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Measles is popping up in the US. Here's how to avoid one of the world's most contagious viruses
Among children with measles, about 1 in every 20 develops pneumonia, the CDC said ... Vaccination rates have declined nationwide since the COVID-19 pandemic, and most states are below the 95% ...