A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
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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Also, new data suggest 82% of cases are mild, Chinese clinicians detail hospitalization patterns, and the US announces support.
Health officials navigate tough issues when deciding how to manage potential exposure on cruise ships.
In other developments, an antiviral trial launched in China today, and 10 more cases were reported on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan.
The WHO releases a $675 million response strategy to support activities over the next 3 months.
The infected person in Wisconsin came in contact with a confirmed case-patient in China.
CDC experts recommend testing both the upper and lower respiratory tracts of suspected case-patients.
While officials investigate imported cases not apparently linked directly to China, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, says, "This is still first and foremost an emergency for China."
In a new Q&A, the WHO answers common questions and dispels myths.
"The virus will continue to expand, given the explosive nature we've seen in China."
A man, 44, in the Philippines who was coinfected with 2019-nCoV, Strep pneumoniae, and flu B has died.
