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Interferon beta, a drug developed to treat asthma, reduces the risk for serious illness and the need for ventilator support in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to preliminary Phase 1 trial results....Read More

Inhaled cannabis did not significantly reduce pain in hospitalized patients with sickle cell disease who also were treated with prescription opioid pain relievers, a study published Friday by JAMA Network Open found....Read More

One in three Americans do not have a health savings account, and more than half that do haven’t contributed to it in more than a year, according to an analysis published Friday by JAMA Network Open....Read More

The National Governors Association called on the Trump administration to delay implementing a new measure requiring hospitals to report their coronavirus statistics to the Department of Health and Human Services....Read More

Quick testing and contact tracing improves the odds of successfully limiting COVID-19 spread by reducing transmission by as much as 80% per infected person, according to a analysis published by The Lancet....Read More

The United States could have the coronavirus pandemic “under control” in a matter of weeks if only everyone would start wearing masks, said U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield....Read More

More than 75 percent of American adults wear face coverings when out in public to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to a survey released by the CDC. Masks are up to 99 percent effective,...

With little data on the effects of COVID-19 in children — and their role in virus transmission — decisions on whether to open schools in the fall should be based on spread of the disease in...

Universal testing of residents of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities is “critical” to identifying asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 and curbing virus transmission, according to an analysis published by JAMA....Read More

Just over 20 percent of men with prostate cancer tested positive for the human papilloma viruses, or HPV. The researchers suggest the virus might cause the cancer in some men....Read More