This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by LONDON — An inexpensive steroid reduced deaths from coronavirus infection, helping some of the sickest patients with severe lung damage survive the illness, according to British clinical trial results announced Tuesday in a news release.The 60-year-old drug, dexamethasone, is the first medication shown to increase people’s chances of surviving covid-19, the disease caused by...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by LONDON — An inexpensive steroid reduced deaths from coronavirus infection, helping some of the sickest patients with severe lung damage survive the illness, according to British clinical trial results announced Tuesday in a news release.The 60-year-old drug, dexamethasone, is the first medication shown to increase people’s chances of surviving covid-19, the disease caused by...WW…

Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s leading infectious-disease expert, said Monday that he’s “cautiously optimistic” about a potential coronavirus vaccine .Speaking on CNN, Fauci said he briefed President Trump on Monday on the 30,000-person Phase 3 trial just launched for the vaccine candidate being developed by biotech company in...…Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s leading infectious-disease expert, said Monday that he’s “cautiously optimistic” about a potential coronavirus vaccine .Speaking on CNN, Fauci said he briefed President Trump on Monday on the 30,000-person Phase 3 trial just launched for the vaccine candidate being developed by biotech company in...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareChurches in states at the forefront of reopening efforts are closing their doors for a second time.Catoosa Baptist Tabernacle in Ringgold, Ga., less than 20 miles away from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Houston have indefinitely suspended services after members and leaders tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after reopening.The news of the canceled services comes as a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that large gatherings pose risk for coronavirus transmission...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareChurches in states at the forefront of reopening efforts are closing their doors for a second time.Catoosa Baptist Tabernacle in Ringgold, Ga., less than 20 miles away from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Houston have indefinitely suspended services after members and leaders tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after reopening.The news of the canceled services comes as a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that large gatherings pose risk for coronavirus transmission...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareStates could increase their testing capabilities as soon as this week, including the use of at-home testing kits, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.The FDA this week gave the green light to the first coronavirus test that allows patients to collect nasal samples at home. LabCorp, a North Carolina-based company, had said on Tuesday that it was given an emergency-use authorization for its Pixel home collection kit.FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said Wednesday during an interview with “” that the new...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareStates could increase their testing capabilities as soon as this week, including the use of at-home testing kits, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.The FDA this week gave the green light to the first coronavirus test that allows patients to collect nasal samples at home. LabCorp, a North Carolina-based company, had said on Tuesday that it was given an emergency-use authorization for its Pixel home collection kit.FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said Wednesday during an interview with “” that the new...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis story is part of “” an ongoing series exploring the lives of Americans who have died from the novel coronavirus.When Freda Ocran started working as a nurse, she had a special ritual that her three children now laugh about.She would ring the doorbell to her Bronx home, no matter the hour, summoning her children from their sleep to rush downstairs. Her bags needed to be carried in, of course.“Don’t you know I’m the queen,” she would tell her two boys and daughter. “The queen did her job.”The chores that came along with...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis story is part of “” an ongoing series exploring the lives of Americans who have died from the novel coronavirus.When Freda Ocran started working as a nurse, she had a special ritual that her three children now laugh about.She would ring the doorbell to her Bronx home, no matter the hour, summoning her children from their sleep to rush downstairs. Her bags needed to be carried in, of course.“Don’t you know I’m the queen,” she would tell her two boys and daughter. “The queen did her job.”The chores that came along with...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareStanford Health Care apologized Friday for a plan that left nearly all of its young front-line doctors out of the first round of coronavirus vaccinations. The Palo Alto, Calif., medical center promised an immediate fix that would move the physicians into the first wave of inoculations.Stanford’s turnaround followed a raucous demonstration by some of those doctors, who demanded to know why other health-care workers — including pathologists and radiologists who do not attend to covid-19 patients — would be vaccinated before...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareStanford Health Care apologized Friday for a plan that left nearly all of its young front-line doctors out of the first round of coronavirus vaccinations. The Palo Alto, Calif., medical center promised an immediate fix that would move the physicians into the first wave of inoculations.Stanford’s turnaround followed a raucous demonstration by some of those doctors, who demanded to know why other health-care workers — including pathologists and radiologists who do not attend to covid-19 patients — would be vaccinated before...WW…

Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. In recently updated guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that people who have recovered from the coronavirus do not need to quarantine or seek testing for three months after they have recuperated., last updated Aug. 3, cautions that those who were previously infected should still socially distance and wear...…Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. In recently updated guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that people who have recovered from the coronavirus do not need to quarantine or seek testing for three months after they have recuperated., last updated Aug. 3, cautions that those who were previously infected should still socially distance and wear...WW…

Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. Human tests of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have been put on hold pending a review of safety data triggered by a “potentially unexplained illness,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The news comes as President Trump that his administration could produce a vaccine by...…Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. Human tests of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have been put on hold pending a review of safety data triggered by a “potentially unexplained illness,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The news comes as President Trump that his administration could produce a vaccine by...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA high school in the Atlanta suburbs has lifted the suspension of at least one student who shared images of a crowded campus hallway jammed with mostly maskless classmates, according to the student and her mother.Lynne Watters told The Washington Post on Friday morning that North Paulding High School had ended her daughter’s suspension.“The principal just said that they were very sorry for any negative attention that this has brought upon her, and that in the future they would like for her to come to the administration...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA high school in the Atlanta suburbs has lifted the suspension of at least one student who shared images of a crowded campus hallway jammed with mostly maskless classmates, according to the student and her mother.Lynne Watters told The Washington Post on Friday morning that North Paulding High School had ended her daughter’s suspension.“The principal just said that they were very sorry for any negative attention that this has brought upon her, and that in the future they would like for her to come to the administration...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSouth Carolina racial justice activists said they would postpone future demonstrations or move them online after at least 13 people who took part in previous protests tested positive for the coronavirus.As the number of cases across the country continued to climb ominously Monday, organizers of “I Can’t Breathe” protests in South Carolina urged participants to get tested for the virus.In a video posted Sunday on Facebook, organizer Lawrence Nathaniel said demonstrators who marched in Columbia, S.C., between May 30 and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSouth Carolina racial justice activists said they would postpone future demonstrations or move them online after at least 13 people who took part in previous protests tested positive for the coronavirus.As the number of cases across the country continued to climb ominously Monday, organizers of “I Can’t Breathe” protests in South Carolina urged participants to get tested for the virus.In a video posted Sunday on Facebook, organizer Lawrence Nathaniel said demonstrators who marched in Columbia, S.C., between May 30 and...WW…