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• Another Study Casts Doubt on 'Convalescent Plasma' as COVID-19 Treatment
• As in Adults, Minority Kids Hit Hardest by COVID-19
• Asthma Isn't a Risk Factor for Worsening COVID-19: Study
• Asthma May Not Boost Odds of Severe COVID-19
• At One Hospital, ICU Workers' PPE May Have Kept Coronavirus at Bay
• At the Barbershop, a Trim -- and a Diabetes Screening
• 'Awareness' Under C-Section Anesthesia May Be Less Rare Than Thought
• B 11/21 -- Which Kids With COVID Will Get Very Sick?
• Bedside COVID-19 Test Faster Than Standard PCR Test
• Bedside 'Sitters' May Not Prevent Hospital Falls
• Black Americans Suffer More From Heart Disease: The AHA Wants to Change That
• Black and White Women Share the Same Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer
• Black Cancer Survivors Often Face Added Challenges: Study
• Black Children Hit Especially Hard by COVID-19 Inflammatory Syndrome
• Black Kids at Higher Odds for ADHD
• Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids
• Black Patients Fare Worse After Angioplasty
• Black Women at Higher Heart Risk During Pregnancy
• Blacks, Asians More Likely Than Whites to Have Severe COVID
• Blacks, Hispanics Account for More Than Half of COVID Deaths: Study
• Blood Oxygen Tests Can Be Inaccurate for Black Patients, Raising COVID Risks: Study
• Blood Pressure Meds Can Affect COVID-19 Care
• Blood Test Might Spot Most Dangerous COVID-19 Cases
• Breast Cancer Treatment Comes Later, Lasts Longer for Black Women
• CDC Director Warns of Dire Winter Ahead for COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths
• Certain Cancer Patients at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
• Cheap, Effective Ventilator Made From Ambulance 'Resuscitation Bags'
• Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment
• Could Hospital Visit Records Help Docs Spot ADHD, Autism Early?
• Could Stroke Drug Help COVID-19 Patients Avoid Ventilators?
• COVID Pandemic Shortened U.S. Life Expectancy by More Than a Year
• COVID Patient Survival Falls When Local Area Has Higher Caseload: Study
• COVID Spreads Quickly in Crowded Homes, Poor Neighborhoods
• COVID-19 Concerns Shouldn't Shut Down Police Brutality Protests: Health Experts
• COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs
• COVID-19 Fears Stop Americans From Seeking Help for Heart Emergencies
• COVID-19 ICU Patients Have High Risk of Clots, Research Shows
• COVID-19 Ills No Greater for Those With Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis
• COVID-19 Is Far More Lethal, Damaging Than Flu, Data Shows
• COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room
• COVID-19 Patients Rarely Survive Cardiac Arrest: Study
• COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys
• Delirium May Be Only Sign of Severe COVID in Elderly: Study
• Do Minority Kids Face More Danger During Surgeries?
• Does Race Play a Part in ICU Outcomes?
• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients
• During Droughts, Many Poor Americans Will Lack Clean Tap Water: Study
• Early Dialysis Doesn't Improve Outcomes With Acute Kidney Failure
• Even When Cancer Is in Remission, Patients' Risks of Severe COVID Rise
• Fewer Recurrent Strokes Now in Mexican Americans
• Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried
• Fewer U.S. Women Aware of Their Heart Risks
• First 10 Days After Hospital Discharge Especially Risky for COVID Survivors
• 'Flattening the Curve' Saves More Lives Than Thought
• Flipping the Odds: Turning Patients Prone Helps Fight COVID-19
• For a Longer Life, Stay in School, Study Suggests
• For Black Americans, Exercise Brings Real Boost to Life After Cancer
• For Black Americans, Personal Resilience Plays Big Part in Heart Health
• For Stressed-Out Black Americans, Mental Health Care Often Hard to Come By
• Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk
• Health Risks Persist for Young Cancer Survivors
• Heart Anatomy May Put Blacks at Higher Stroke Risk
• Heart Attack Cases at ERs Fall by Half – Are COVID Fears to Blame?
• High Blood Sugar Ups COVID Risks, Even in Non-Diabetics
• Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home
• How Hospitals Can Cut Patients' Falls
• How Important Is Sex as Women Age?
• How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
• How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero
• How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?
• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake
• Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases
• Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use Among Black Teens: Study
• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?
• Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study
• Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault
• Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope
• Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study
• Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism,  Health Outcomes: Poll
• Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken
• Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study
• Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms
• Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home
• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
• Many Seniors Leave Hospital With New Disabilities
• Med Schools More Diverse Now, But Study Finds Minorities Still Mistreated
• Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
• Minorities Less Likely to Get Recommended Lung Cancer Imaging
• More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment
• More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study
• More Than 200,000 Americans Have Lupus
• Most Americans Oppose COVID Vaccine Mandates: Survey
• N95 Face Masks Can Be Sterilized and Re-Used, Studies Show
• Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
• New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
• Number of Americans Headed to ER for Suicidal Thoughts, Self-Harm Keeps Rising
• Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
• Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
• Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
• Only 1 in 5 Have Fast Access to State-of-the-Art Stroke Care
• Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids
• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
• Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study
• Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
• Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
• Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study
• People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
• Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
• Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
• Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
• Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
• Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
• Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients
• Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
• Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
• Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
• Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
• Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
• Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
• Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
• Spinal Fusion Outcomes Worse for Black Patients, Large Study Finds
• Spotting Which Hospital Patients With Coronavirus Face Greatest Death Risk
• Standard Methods Rid Hospital Rooms of Coronavirus, Slashing Transmission Rates
• Stroke Risk High Among Blacks, Hispanics
• Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
• Taking More Antibiotics May Up Odds for Hospitalization
• Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
• Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
• There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19
• Too Many Antibiotics, Opioids Given to Dental Patients in the ER
• Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
• Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen
• Uninsured Kidney Patients Often End Up in ERs
• Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End
• Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
• What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
• When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back
• Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List
• Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
• Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
• Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
• Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
• With Equal Access to Care, Blacks, Whites Have Similar Prostate Cancer Outcomes
• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
• Young Black Adults More Prone to Stroke, but Don't Know It