Month: September 2020

A walk through the streets of New York during the pandemic echoes the loneliness and isolation many Americans are feeling in their battle against a virus that has brought multiple traumas — with no end in sight. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A walk through the streets of New York during the pandemic echoes the loneliness and isolation many Americans are feeling in their battle against a virus that h...

Wearing a mask is one of the easiest things that people can do to prevent the spread of Covid-19 — and yet it's a topic that's been highly politicized in the United States throughout the pandemic.  In the U.S., 34 states and the District of Columbia mandate wearing face masks in public areas. More than 85% of U.S. adults reported wearing a face mask most of the time in stores and businesses during the month of August, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Yet Americans have turned to violence and protests to show their disapproval of mask mandates. So have others around the world. A recent study out of Brazil may shed some light on why some people are so resistant to wearing masks.  Researchers from the State University of Londrina found that people who reported "antisocia...

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Maine CDC reports 1 new coronavirus-related death, 19 new cases Updated: 11:35 AM EDT Sep 2, 2020 The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported one new coronavirus-related death and 19 additional cases on Wednesday.The 19 additional cases bring the total in Maine to 4,567.A total of 133 Mainers with coronavirus have now died. The new death was a person from Somerset County.A total of 3,978 Mainers have recovered from the virus, which is an increase of 33 over the past 24 hours.Active cases are at 456, which is a decrease of 15 from Tuesday.MAINE CORONAVIRUS DATA: Deaths: 133 Total cases: 4,567 Confirmed cases: 4,100 ...

International clinical trials published on Wednesday confirmed the hope that cheap, widely available steroid drugs can help seriously ill patients survive Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Following release of the new data, the World Health Organization on Wednesday strongly recommended steroids for treatment of patients with severe or critical Covid-19 worldwide. But the agency recommended against giving the drugs to patients with mild disease. The new studies include an analysis that pooled data from seven randomized clinical trials evaluating three steroids in over 1,700 patients. The study concluded that each of the three drugs reduced the risk of death. That paper and three related studies were published in the journal JAMA, along with an editorial describing the rese...