The 10 new flu-related deaths in children bring the season's total to 226, the most since 2009-10.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
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A small University of California study finds no evidence that breast milk from mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 transmits the virus to their babies.
The study, published today in Pediatrics Research, involved polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of 285 samples and viral culture of 160 samples of breast milk from 110 women with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
Steps include launching a US international pandemic preparedness project and appointing a global health security envoy.
Though early-hit nations are on the downslope of their Omicron surges, others are battling rising cases.
Though cases appear to be plateauing in some Eastern cities, hospitalizations are still high across the country.
Today a study from Germany published in Science shows three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine raised antibody levels against the highly transmissible Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant.
Poor birth outcomes occurred even in women who weren't severely ill with COVID-19.
Cases are falling in Cleveland; Newark, New Jersey; Washington, DC; and New York state.
After battling foreign fluctuations, Nexus Pharmaceuticals bucks convention and builds local.
Needless insurer spending on ivermectin prescriptions for COVID-19, estimated at $2.5 million in the United States for the week of Aug 13, 2021—the most recent week analyzed—would extrapolate to $130 million annually, US researchers reported yesterday in JAMA.
The Court allowed a mandate for workers at federally funded healthcare facilities.
