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News Articles: Treatments

COVID-19 mortality rates are going down, according to studies of two large hospital systems, partly thanks to improvements in treatment. Here, clinicians care for a patient in July at an El Centro, Calif., hospital.

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Studies Point To Big Drop In COVID-19 Death Rates

More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments make a big difference, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling, researchers say.

October 20, 2020
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Recruiting patients for medical studies has been challenging during the pandemic, especially older people who are more vulnerable to COVID-19.

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  • Health

A Big Alzheimer's Drug Study Is Proceeding Cautiously Despite The Pandemic

Researchers launched a major study of an experimental Alzheimer's drug this summer. They also learned a lot about how to protect participants who must make frequent visits to a medical center.

October 20, 2020
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
An Eli Lilly researcher tests possible COVID-19 antibodies in a company laboratory in Indianapolis.

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  • Health

Trump Touts Antibody Treatments For COVID-19, But Evidence Is Incomplete

Medical researchers have high hopes that the kind of treatment the president received could end up being an important element in the fight against the pandemic. But clinical trials continue.

October 08, 2020
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By:
  • Richard Harris
The nasal spray version of the flu vaccine contains live but weakened form of the virus. Researchers think there's a good chance this could help boost the body's immunity and improve its ability to fight off pathogens such as the coronavirus.

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  • Health

Could The Live Flu Vaccine Help You Fight Off COVID-19?

There's evidence that certain vaccines boost the body's defense against many kinds of illness. Scientists are investigating whether this benefit extends to protection from COVID-19.

October 08, 2020
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
A new wave of rapid coronavirus tests has entered the market with the potential to greatly expand screening for the virus.

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  • Health

Can The U.S. Use Its Growing Supply Of Rapid Tests To Stop The Virus?

Some public health experts hope the growing availability of faster, cheaper tests could lead to a new strategy of widespread testing — one that could finally get the pandemic under control.

October 01, 2020
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By:
  • Rob Stein
African Americans and other underrepresented minorities make up only about 5% of the people in genetics research studies.

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  • Health

Neuroscience Has A Whiteness Problem. This Research Project Aims To Fix It

People of African ancestry have been excluded from many studies of brain disorders. In Baltimore, scientists, doctors and community leaders are working to make neuroscience research more diverse.

September 24, 2020
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  • Jon Hamilton
Researchers in Miami hold syringes containing either a placebo or the candidate COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna. Their work is part of a phase three clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

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  • Health

Why Tens Of Thousands Of People Are Key To Testing A COVID-19 Vaccine

Volunteers getting the shot help determine if a candidate vaccine works. But what with social distancing and masks, scientists must discern if it's the shot or these other measures preventing illness.

September 23, 2020
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  • Joe Palca
Niticia Mpanga, a registered respiratory therapist, checks on an ICU patient at Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas. The mortality rates from COVID-19 in ICUs have been decreasing worldwide, doctors say, at least partly because of recent advances in treatment.

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  • Health

Advances In ICU Care Are Saving More Patients Who Have COVID-19

One thing that has improved a lot over the course of the pandemic is treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care units. Here's one man's success story.

September 20, 2020
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  • Richard Harris
English coronavirus patients George Gilbert, 85, and his wife, Domneva Gilbert, 84, were part of a clinical trial that included Eli Lilly & Co.'s baricitinib.

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  • Medical Treatments

Experimental Medicines For COVID-19 Could Help Someday, But Home Runs Not Guaranteed

Drugs are being tested that could reduce symptoms and save lives. But, given the way drugs are developed, it's unlikely that any single medicine will be anywhere as potent as a successful vaccine.

September 18, 2020
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  • Richard Harris
Scientists used light to control the firing of specific cells to artificially create a rhythm in the brain that acted like the drug ketamine

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  • Science

Scientists Say A Mind-Bending Rhythm In The Brain Can Act Like Ketamine

Researchers were able to mimic the mind-altering effects of the drug ketamine by inducing a particular rhythm in one area of the brain.

September 18, 2020
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  • Jon Hamilton

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  • Health

About 1 In 5 Households In U.S. Cities Miss Needed Medical Care During Pandemic

Some people have skipped care because of finances or fear of the virus, doctors say. Others find medical practices closed to new patients. Many are suffering health consequences, an NPR poll finds.

September 17, 2020
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  • Patti Neighmond

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  • Health

As COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Move At Warp Speed, Recruiting Black Volunteers Takes Time

Some pharmaceutical companies are well into the final phase of clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine. But efforts to recruit patients from minority groups are just beginning.

September 12, 2020
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  • Blake Farmer
The mouse on the right has been engineered to have four times the muscle mass of a normal lab mouse. A drug to achieve the same effect was recently tested in space.

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  • Science

Drug That Bulked Up Mice In Space Might Someday Help Astronauts Make Long Voyages

An experiment involving some "mighty mice" on the International Space Station could someday help astronauts maintain muscle and bone strength on interplanetary journeys.

September 08, 2020
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  • Jon Hamilton
A scientist at work on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate at Bogazici University in Istanbul in August.

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  • Health

How Can You Tell If A COVID-19 Vaccine Is Working?

Several COVID-19 vaccine candidates are being tested now. But why does it take 30,000 volunteers to know if one is safe and effective? And what does it mean to say a vaccine candidate is working?

September 08, 2020
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  • Joe Palca
A recent survey found 62% of people in the U.S. with anorexia experienced a worsening of symptoms after the pandemic hit. And nearly a third of Americans with binge-eating disorder, which is<strong> </strong>far more common, reported an increase in episodes.

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  • Health

Eating Disorders Thrive In Anxious Times, And Pose A Lethal Threat

Eating disorders strike nearly 1 in 10 Americans, with the second-highest death rate of all psychiatric disorders. The pandemic's food insecurity, stockpiling and stress are triggering flare-ups.

September 08, 2020
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  • Yuki Noguchi
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