A new computational analysis suggests that people under the age of 20 are about half as susceptible to COVID-19 infection
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Cheap herbal cigarettes/bidis widely available online and marketed as ‘healthy’ option
Cheap herbal cigarettes and bidis—a blend of herbs rolled in tendu leaves—are widely available online and often marketed as a
Continue reading »Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets
Sharon Clark is able to get her life-sustaining cancer drug, Pomalyst — priced at more than $18,000 for a 28-day
Continue reading »Germany’s Merkel points to variant risk as infections drop
Germany is seeing a promising decline in new coronavirus infections, but must take “very seriously” the risk posed by a
Continue reading »COVID vaccine rollout urgent as new strains take hold
The spread of more infectious coronavirus strains in Britain and South Africa, with isolated cases of the UK variant appearing
Continue reading »Study: Surge of teen vaping levels off, but remains high as of early 2020
Findings released today from the most recent Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of substance use behaviors and related attitudes among
Continue reading »Poll: America’s virus concerns stable as cases spike
Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic are spiking across the country, yet a new poll finds little increase in alarm among
Continue reading »California’s hospitals filling up as virus cases skyrocket
Some California hospitals are close to reaching their breaking point, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to bring in hundreds of hospital
Continue reading »Grandmother, 90, gets first COVID jab as UK starts vaccine drive
Nurses cheered on Tuesday as an elderly British grandmother became the first person in the Western world to receive an
Continue reading »Researchers identify three drugs as possible therapeutics for COVID-19
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center working with colleagues at the University of New Mexico have identified
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