Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, and the U.S. coronavirus death toll has surpassed 130,000. But two U.S. pharmaceutical companies say they are closing in on drugs that could treat or even prevent COVID-19 within a few months. A $450 million federal contract awarded Regeneron Pharmaceuticals […]
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A popular form of heartburn medication may increase a person’s risk of developing COVID-19, according to a new study, lengthening the already long list of risk factors for the virus. In the study, published Tuesday in pre-print form in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, scientists led by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s […]
Doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpler and easier to bear. Gentler drugs would be a relief to patients like Jenn Carroll, a 57-year-old human resources director from New Hartford, Connecticut, who […]
For those who have no experience with child protective services, the state foster system often brings to mind thoughts of wrongs righted, children saved, and love persevering. Unfortunately, that’s too often not the case. A recent report reveals how the state foster system acts as a secondary criminal justice system, […]