By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Dexamethasone is the first drug anywhere in the world that’s been found to reduce mortality from covid-19.Felipe Caparros Cruz / Alamy Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 17 June UK begins using dexamethasone to treat covid-19 patients Covid-19 patients in the UK are being treated with dexamethasone…
announced they had begun including probable as well as confirmed cases in its tallies.The new inclusion pushed the state’s death tally past 7,000 and the total number of cases past 100,000.In terms of confirmed numbers, the state reported 48 new fatalities and 326 new cases.The state said that, in using the new figures, it was…
The military has begun testing troops for COVID-19 antibodies, and might soon ask them to "stick your arm out" to draw blood for possible use as a novel coronavirus therapy, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged caution, warning that current antibody tests can yield…
A nursing home resident | Getty Images New Jersey officials have begun identifying all of the state’s long-term care facilities and detailing coronavirus cases and deaths that have occurred in them after weeks of pressure from families desperate to know if the outbreak has reached their loved ones’ residence. “Repeatedly, we have reinforced their obligation…
Another outbreak was traced to the consumption and handling of meat Published: February 23, 2026, 12:05 am Researchers have shared details of an outbreak at a funeral in Uganda that killed three young people. Aeromonas bacteria can cause food poisoning with an incubation period of 12 hours to seven days, typically 24 to 48 hours. In February 2024
Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an internal medicine doctor at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York City, tells SELF. What you might not know, however, is that vitamin D isn’t the
Your 30s and 40s are what some would consider the best years of your life. You’re no longer “figuring it out,” but you aren’t “old” by society’s ageist standards either. It should be a sweet spot—right? But despite the illusion of stability and security, it’s also common for anxiety and self-doubt to worsen during your