Friday 4 September 2020

Study Backs Use of Saliva COVID-19 Test

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A COVID-19 saliva test developed by researchers at Yale University appeared to perform at least as well as nasal swabs in a study of hospital patients, a finding that may help encourage more frequent use of self-collected samples.



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Early in Pandemic, Were Antibiotics Prescribed Too Often?

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When the coronavirus pandemic first spread across the United States this spring, most COVID-19 patients in Michigan were prescribed unneeded antibiotics, a new study indicates.



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Thursday 3 September 2020

Why A Vaccine Won’t Be a Quick Fix for COVID-19

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As important as a vaccine will be, some experts are already trying to temper expectations for how much it will be able to do.



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COVID Survivors May Need Test a Month Later

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To be safe, COVID-19 patients should be retested after four weeks or more to be certain the virus isn't still active, Italian researchers say.



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Can COVID-19 Cause Diabetes?

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A new report details the case of a 19-year-old German with asymptomatic COVID-19 infection who ended up hospitalized with a new case of insulin-dependent diabetes.



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