There are 5 easy steps to tame COVID-19, says Fauci
Just five steps are enough to gain control of the nation’s COVID-19 outbreak and head off a return to the complete lockdowns many states declared …
New treatment for multidrug-resistant TB shows 85% effectiveness
New treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have shown early effectiveness in 85 percent of patients in a cohort that included many people with serious …
Treating children for worms yields health and financial gains
Children who receive sustained treatment against common parasitic infections grow up to achieve a higher standard of living, with long-lasting health and economic benefits that …
Is it time to resume COVID restrictions in some safe states?
There may be new trouble ahead for states that had gotten COVID-19 under control after the March and April surges but are now seeing case …
Portable clotting agent slows internal bleeding by 97% in mice
When it comes to traumatic injuries, it’s a race against time. A person with major hemorrhage can die from blood loss within minutes. Bleeding from …
Violence and trauma in childhood accelerate puberty
Experiencing adversity early in life has a direct effect on a person’s mental and physical health as they grow, and certain kinds of trauma can …
Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine proves successful with primates
A single-shot vaccine for COVID-19 being developed by a group of scientists, led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) immunologist Dan H. Barouch, has …
Vaccines may arrive in record time, but the virus has been faster
Scientists have created candidate vaccines, which eventually could protect billions of people from COVID-19, with astonishing speed, compressing scientific efforts that usually take years into …
How to understand COVID-19-related loss of smell
Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is the main neurological symptom and one of the earliest and most commonly reported indicators of COVID-19. Studies suggest …
Lessons from a pandemic
The initial surge of COVID-19 patients in Boston-area hospitals has passed, but the memories of caring for them will forever remain with physicians involved in …