If someone has high blood pressure, they have two times the risk of dying from COVID-19 if they become sick, a new study shows. The new study, published by the European Heart Journal this week was conducted by a team of international researchers. » RELATED: Experts warn summer heat may not slow spread of coronavirus "Soon after…
Hydroxychloroquine is used to treat autoimmune diseases like lupus and is being studied for use in treating and preventing COVID-19. GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images Hydroxychloroquine is used to treat autoimmune diseases like lupus and is being studied for use in treating and preventing COVID-19. GEORGE…
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images) Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says they will study the High Court judgment that declared lockdown regulations under alert level 3 and 4 unconstitutional and invalid. He says government will look to see which regulation needs to be corrected to help with government's aim to contain…
Medical journal The Lancet on May 29 issued a correction to a recent study which found that antimalarial drugs Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were linked with an increased risk of mortality in hospitals, and an increased frequency of irregular heart rhythms. The study, titled, “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis,” and published…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have