Health

Sholom Schreirber - 06/10/2020

Edited by: JV Staff June is time for people to bond with their pets, the American Heart Association says. Throughout the month, the AHA encourages people...

Health

As Hard-Hit Areas of America Show Slowing in Coronavirus Cases, Other Regions See Spikes

Sholom Schreirber - 06/03/2020

By: Robin Foster & EJ Mundell While the spread of coronavirus has slowed in some of the hardest-hit areas of America, other parts of the...

Business News

FDA finds contamination in several brands of diabetes drug

Sholom Schreirber - 05/30/2020

By MATTHEW PERRONE (AP) U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests found...

Health

Mt Sinai Hospital First in US to Use Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Coronavirus Patients

Sholom Schreirber - 05/27/2020

Technology may lead to rapid diagnosis based on CT scans and patient data Edited by: JV Staff Mount Sinai researchers are the first in the country...

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NYC Health Dept Rolls Out Methadone Delivery Program for NYers Impacted by COVID-19

Sholom Schreirber - 05/27/2020

Health Department teams can make approximately 1,300 deliveries per month to individuals enrolled in the methadone delivery program Edited by: JV Staff The Health Department and...

Health

Earlier Lockdowns Would Have Saved Thousands of American Lives, Model Shows

Sholom Schreirber - 05/27/2020

By: Robin Foster & EJ Mundell Nearly 36,000 American lives would have been spared if strict social distancing measures had been enacted across the country...

Coronavirus

Brit-American-Israeli Nobel Prize Winner Michael Levitt: “Lock-Downs May Have Cost Lives”

Sholom Schreirber - 05/25/2020

Nobel-prize-winning scientist from Stanford said in an interview published Sunday that, according to his models, the lock-downs didn't save lives, but actually caused more...

Coronavirus

Mount Sinai Researchers: Why COVID-19 May Be Less Common in Children Than Adults

Sholom Schreirber - 05/22/2020

The virus that causes COVID-19 uses a receptor known as ACE2, found on the surface of certain cells in the human body, to enter...

Coronavirus

YouTube Bans Video Epidemiology Researcher Knut M. Wittkowski Video Who Favors “Herd Immunity” & Questions “Social Distancing”

Sholom Schreirber - 05/18/2020

Dr. Knut M. Wittkowski, the former head of biostatistics, epidemiology, and research design at Rockefeller University has been censored by YouTube. A widely popular...

Health

Mt. Sinai Hospital Addresses COVID-19 Concerns with Respiratory Illness Patients