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Coronavirus Crisis: Trump Announces New Face Mask Recommendations
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced new guidance from the White House on Friday afternoon, saying the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were advising the use of “non-medical cloth based” face coverings.
But he emphasized the recommendations were voluntary and that he, for one, would not partake.
“I don’t think I’m going to be doing it,” he said.
After weeks of insisting Americans should not wear face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus — and even suggesting their use could increase the chance of infection — administration officials thi...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health CDC Coronavirus President Donald Trump Source Type: news
Don ’ t Rely On A Negative Coronavirus Test To See Family For Thanksgiving
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health CNN Coronavirus Thanksgiving Source Type: news
US orders group to stop selling bleach 'miracle cure' for coronavirus
Court injunction aims to stop Florida group, but others are repackaging bleach and advertising ‘dangerous’ treatments on Facebook and elsewhereCoronavirus – latest US updatesCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US government is attempting to rein in the activities of pseudoscience groups that have begun to peddle bleach solution as a “miracle cure” for coronavirus.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken rare action against a leading supplier of the supposed remedy, a group that goes by the name of Genesis II Church and operates out of Florida.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Ed Pilkington in New York Tags: Coronavirus outbreak US news Social media Florida Science Source Type: news
Lysol Maker: Don ’ t Ingest Cleaning Products To Protect Against Coronavirus
(CNN) — The company that makes Lysol is urging customers not to consume its cleaning products after President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of injecting disinfectants to protect people from coronavirus.
Reckitt Benckiser, a British company, warned Friday that human consumption of disinfectant products is dangerous. It issued the statement following “recent speculation and social media activity.”
“As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Coronavirus Lysol Source Type: news
Coronavirus Precautions: Experts Say No Need To Wipe Down Groceries, But Wash Hands
(CNN) — Has wiping down your groceries and take-out food become part of your coronavirus survival kit?
It might be time to reconsider, experts say, especially if that extra effort is adding to your daily stress. Even the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is re-emphasizing there’s no real risk of getting the virus that causes Covid-19 that way.
ICYMI: FDA has heard your concerns about shopping for #food safely. We want to assure you there is currently NO evidence of human or animal food or food packaging being associated with transmission of the #COVID19 . More food shopping info here: https://t.co/D0g6HSCN...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN Coronavirus Source Type: news
‘ Genuine Evidence Of Improvement ’ : Remdesivir Helped Some Coronavirus Patients In Study
(CNN) — A five-day course of the antiviral drug remdesivir sped recovery in moderately ill patients with pneumonia from Covid-19, drugmaker Gilead Sciences announced in a statement Monday.
It’s more evidence that the drug can help patients, however outside experts are not calling this a “game changer” quite yet.
Coronavirus patients who were hospitalized, but not sick enough to need oxygen from a ventilator, were more likely to recover after a five-day course of remdesivir than those given the current standard of care alone, Gilead said.
The results from the Phase III clinical trial on the drug have...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health CNN Coronavirus remdesivir Source Type: news
Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills
Before the F.D.A. withdrew its waiver to stockpile the drugs as coronavirus treatments, the Trump administration had embarked on a headlong effort to import tens of millions of doses.
Source: NYT Health - June 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Hydroxychloroquine (Drug) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) United States Politics and Government Coronavirus Reopenings Stockpiling Food and Drug Administration Health and Human Services Department Trump, Donald J Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Navarro, Source Type: news
‘ Buyer Beware ’ : Experts Question Accuracy Of Coronavirus Antibody Tests
BOSTON (CBS) – With cases of COVID-19 spiking again in several states, a lot of people want to know if they could be immune to the coronavirus, so they are paying for antibody tests. Hundreds of these have hit the market in just months. But are they accurate? WBZ sister station CBS 2 in Chicago, put these tests to the test.
Only 22 have been given Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The station’s investigative unit chose three tests based on costs and how long it would take to deliver results. Investigative Producer Michele Youngerman led our investigation. She had some of the symp...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - July 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Health Healthcare Status Syndicated Local Antibody Tests Coronavirus Source Type: news
Federal Government Outlines Plan To Make Coronavirus Vaccine Free To All
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Health Healthcare Status Syndicated CBSN Boston Coronavirus Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson ’ s Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Phase 3 Trial With Beth Israel
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Health Healthcare Status Beth Israel Deacones Medical Center Coronavirus Johnson & Johnson Source Type: news
Coronavirus Test Obstacles: A Shortage of Face Masks and Swabs
Hospitals and doctors say they are critically low on swabs needed to test patients for the coronavirus, as well as face masks and other gear to protect health care workers.
Source: NYT - March 19, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Katie Thomas Tags: Tests (Medical) Shortages Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Protective Clothing and Gear Hospitals Stockpiling Doctors Masks United States Politics and Government Food and Drug Administration your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Gilead Withdraws Request for Special Orphan Status on Experimental Coronavirus Treatment
Critics said the company was profiteering from the coronavirus pandemic by seeking tax and monopoly benefits under a program intended to encourage drug development for rare diseases.
Source: NYT Health - March 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katie Thomas Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Gilead Sciences Inc Food and Drug Administration Remdesivir (Drug) your-feed-healthcare Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Source Type: news
Coronavirus Fight: Massachusetts Getting N95 Mask Decontamination System Next Week
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts is about to get a new N95 mask decontamination system to help with the critical shortage of the masks across the state because of the coronavirus pandemic.
At a news conference Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders said the machine from defense contractor Battelle will be set up at the old K-Mart site in Somerville by Monday, April 6.
“The system can decontaminate up to 80,000 masks per day, which should cover all demand in Massachusetts over time,” she said. “Each N95 can be decontaminated, disinfected five-to-10 times before it has to be disposed.”...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Battelle Coronavirus N95 Masks Source Type: news
Will a Coronavirus Antibody Test Allow Us to Go Back to School or Work?
Tests that reveal whether someone has been infected with the coronavirus are on their way. But they ’re not perfect. Here’s what you need to know.
Source: NYT Health - April 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli and Katie Thomas Tags: Tests (Medical) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Antibodies Immune System Epidemics SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Food and Drug Administration your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
C.D.C. Labs Were Contaminated, Delaying Coronavirus Testing, Officials Say
Fallout from the agency ’s failed rollout of national coronavirus kits two months ago continues to haunt U.S. efforts to combat the spread of the highly infectious virus.
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheila Kaplan Tags: Tests (Medical) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Quarantines Laboratories and Scientific Equipment Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Food and Drug Administration your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
