Monthly Archives: May, 2020

The coronavirus began quietly spreading in the U.S. as early as late January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday — before President Trump blocked air travel from China and a full month before community spread was first detected in the country.More than four months into the pandemic that has killed at least…

May 29, 2020 | 1:09pm | Updated May 29, 2020 | 2:33pm New York’s largest hospital system is conducting a sweeping analysis of its use of ventilators while treating coronavirus patients during the peak of the pandemic. The study comes as experts have raised concerns that an over-reliance on the machines may have actually cost…

A box of Plaquenil, an anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine made by Sanofi, used for years to treat malaria and autoimmune disorders.Alain Pitton | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesFrench drugmaker Sanofi said Friday it is suspending recruitment of new patients for its clinical trials looking at anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for the coronavirus.The company is also…

Doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpler and easier to bear. Gentler drugs would be a relief to patients like Jenn Carroll, a 57-year-old human resources director from New Hartford, Connecticut, who had traditional IV chemotherapy after…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A baby girl was recently born with two mouths, exhibiting a condition very rarely seen in newborns, doctors say.In the case report, published May 19 in BMJ Journals, doctors from the Medical University of South Carolina detailed the rare occurrence, which had only…