Tuesday 28 July 2020

WebMD Poll: Most Would Wait on COVID Vaccine

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Fewer than half of people plan to get a coronavirus vaccine in the first year it’s available, and an even smaller group -- fewer than a third -- say they’ll get it in the first 90 days, a new WebMD reader poll finds.



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Monday 27 July 2020

Hundreds Sickened by Parasite in Bagged Salad

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The salads were made by Fresh Express at a plant in Illinois and may be contaminated with cyclospora.



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Lab-Created Virus Can Help COVID-19 Research

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Researchers said the hybrid virus could help scientists evaluate a range of antibody-based preventives and treatments for COVID-19.



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In Rush to Publish, Some COVID Studies Not Reliable

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Only 75 out of 664 clinical trials for COVID-19 -- about 11% -- have all the hallmarks of a scientific study that could be expected to produce solid results, according to the study published online July 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.



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How to Counter the Anti-Mask Backlash? Empathy

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As coronavirus cases in the United States soar, face mask mandates have been issued by a growing number of cities, states and national retailers. The mandates make sense, health experts say.



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