October 20, 2020
CDC Recommends Face Masks in All Public Transportation Settings
TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Seeking to slow the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Monday that face masks be worn by everyone in all public transportation settings. That includes both passengers and people working in stations, terminals, and airports across the country,CBS Newsreported. In the...
Scientists to Infect Volunteers With COVID-19 in Challenge Trial
TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — British scientists are infecting healthy volunteers with COVID-19, in hopes of speeding up vaccine development, TheWashington Postreported Tuesday. Led by scientists at Imperial College London, people in this challenge trial will be guaranteed treatment if they become ill. The United States says human challenge trials might be too...
No COVID-19 Vaccines Allowed in California Without State Approval
TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — California is not going to allow the use of any COVID-19 vaccines until its own panel of experts approves them, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. Vaccinations “will move at the speed of trust,” Newsom said, and the state wants its own review regardless of who wins the presidential...
CDC: One-Year Survival 96.1 Percent for Male Breast Cancer
TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For men with a diagnosis of breast cancer during 2007 to 2016, the one- and five-year survival rates were 96.1 and 84.7 percent, respectively, according to research published in the Oct. 16 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Taylor...
Kidney Disease, Injury Linked to Higher Mortality With COVID-19
TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Renal impairment in patients admitted to intensive care with COVID-19 is common and is associated with high mortality, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in Anaesthesia. Marisa Gasparini, M.B.B.S., from the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, and colleagues examined the association between acute and...
COVID-19 Mitigation Measures Tied to Fewer Preterm Births
TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Initial implementation of national COVID-19 mitigation measures in the Netherlands was associated with a substantial reduction in the incidence of preterm births in the following months, according to a study published online Oct. 13 in The Lancet Public Health. Jasper V. Been, Ph.D., from the Erasmus Medical Centre...