CORONAVIRUS Oregon state health officials announced 57 new positive tests. PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority reported 57 new cases of coronavirus in the state on Wednesday.But for the first time in over three weeks, state health officials reported no new deaths of COVID-19. The last time the OHA reported no deaths in Oregon…
KOB Web Staff Updated: April 21, 2020 05:45 PM Created: April 21, 2020 03:55 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reported 7 additional COVID-19-related deaths in the state on Tuesday. The latest deaths include: A female in her 80s from Chaves County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying medical conditions.…
(AP) – A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared. A worker administers a test at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing location on Saturday, April 18, 2020, in Franklin, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark…
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A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared.While that’s clearly good news, it also means it’s impossible to know who around you may be contagious. That complicates decisions about returning to…
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LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him