4:2911 mins agoAntibiotic resistance may lead to more coronavirus deathsDoctors knew antibiotics weren’t effective against the coronavirus, but they feared patients could develop life-threatening bacterial co-infections and used them anyway, raising concerns about antibiotic resistance. Dr. Jeffrey Strich, a researcher and physician at The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center sits down with Fox News Digital to explain how the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the mounting resistance to antibiotics and how this plight will raise the death toll in the United States.
18 hours agoCanadian plastic surgeon known as 'Dr. 6ix' accused of filming thousands of patients without their consent A Canadian plastic surgeon is accused of filming thousands of exposed patients in his Toronto clinic without their consent, according to reports.
June 10Could George Floyd protesters cause a spike in coronavirus cases? Johns Hopkins doctor explainsFox News spoke with Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician and senior scholar for Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, who says mass gatherings won’t help herd immunity anytime soon.
June 5CDC says 40 percent of Americans surveyed tried using bleach to wash food to prevent coronavirusThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that over a third of Americans that took a CDC survey, reportedly misused household cleaners by using them on their fruits and vegetables, in the attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
June 4Certain personality traits could affect pre-dementia risk, study findsSome personality traits may be linked to certain pre-dementia conditions, a study concluded.
June 2Army researcher: Coronavirus vaccine may be available by end of yearA senior Army researcher said Tuesday that a coronavirus vaccine could possibly be available to some parts of the United States within the year.
May 22Texas woman gets kidney after coronavirus delays lifesaving transplant: 'I was hanging on by a thread'A Texas man has donated a kidney to his wife in need, weeks after the transplant was delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic in the U.S. that temporarily halted elective surgeries in the Lone Star State and elsewhere.
May 22Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine linked to increased risk of death in hospitalized coronavirus patients, study findsWhile the drugs are deemed generally safe for use in patients with malaria or an autoimmune disease, little is known about the potential effects they may have in COVID-19 patients.
May 22Researchers find gene linked to thinnessResearchers found inhibiting the ALK gene could help fight obesity in the future, reports say.
