The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), write the directors of
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COVID-19
5 ways we can prepare the public to accept a COVID-19 vaccine (saying it will be ‘mandatory’ isn’t one)
This week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Australian government has signed an agreement to produce a COVID-19 vaccine under
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Scam alert: Things a COVID-19 contact tracer wouldn’t say
State officials and federal agencies warn there’s a new phone scam circulating: Some callers posing as COVID-19 contact tracers try
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Goodbye, brain scrapers: COVID-19 tests now use gentler nose swabs
Early COVID-19 images of swabbing from Wuhan, China, looked more like an Ebola news story—health-care workers fully encased in personal
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Vaccine strategy could aid in COVID-19 immunization
To confront the many challenges that infectious diseases pose to mankind head-on, a multi-disciplinary team of bioengineers, materials-scientists and immunologists
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FDA wants more proof COVID-19 plasma therapy works
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) won’t authorize the use of blood plasma to treat COVID-19 patients until more
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Dexamethasone could reduce death rates in hospitalised COVID-19 patients
A study from early in the global coronavirus pandemic that evidenced the benefits of using steroids to combat COVID-19 in
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Data drives decisions to contain COVID-19
After finally emerging from months of working and sheltering at home, with the majority of the population following pandemic prevention
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For pregnant patients, number of clinic visits not tied to risk of getting COVID-19
In the spring of 2020, as Massachusetts experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Boston area, four area hospitals
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Severe COVID-19 associated with heart issues
The number of people coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is rising with more cases in the U.S. (5M according to the
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