Health

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield, speaking during a Task Force Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Education July 8, 2020, in Washington. When President Donald Trump put together a recent coronavirus table on how to safely reopen schools, the seats around him …

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Americans in January that they did not have to wear masks, Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar, a professor at the Mayo Clinic and the editor of the Blood Cancer Journal, did not believe his ears. But he remained silent until Zeynep Tufekci …

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A US dollar banknote By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar rose against major currencies on Monday as traders looked to the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole retreat for guidance on the outlook for U.S. monetary policy. Sentiment for the greenback has improved somewhat due …

WASHINGTON – After expressing frustration over the slow pace of approval for coronavirus treatments, President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients. The announcement came after days of White House officials suggesting there were politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration …

New guidelines for Infectious Disease Society of America say coronavirus antibody tests are pointless. Serological tests may not confirm a previous COVID-19 infection if the disease occurred more than a few months ago. Society identified three scenarios in which antibody tests may be useful, but even then they should be …