Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging
MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight...
AP Exclusive: CDC guidance more restrictive than White House
JASON DEAREN and MIKE STOBBE
Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Advice from the top U.S. disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses...
US approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results
TOM KRISHER
Associated Press
U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up...
US to rein in flood of virus blood tests after lax oversight
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators Monday pulled back a decision that allowed scores of coronavirus blood tests to hit the...
Temecula Valley Hospital offers a one-day breast cancer procedure with Xoft intraoperative radiation therapy
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital now offers intraoperative radiation therapy for select patients with early-stage breast cancer.
Breast intraoperative radiation therapy with iCAD’s Xoft Axxent...
A 1st: US study finds Gilead drug works against coronavirus
MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
For the first time, a major study has found that an experimental drug works against the new coronavirus, and...
Gilead drug proves effective against coronavirus in US study
MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
An experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study, shortening the time it takes...
Blood test helped detect cancer before symptoms, study finds
MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
For the first time, a blood test has been shown to help detect many types of cancer in a...
Doctors: Execution drugs could help COVID-19 patients
JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Secrecy surrounding executions could hinder efforts by a group of medical professionals who are asking the nation's...
Los Angeles study suggests virus much more widespread
BRIAN MELLEY
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An estimated 320,000 adults in Los Angeles County may have been infected with coronavirus, according to preliminary...