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 study published yesterday in Science by researchers in Massachusetts suggests that a coronavirus outbreak linked to an international biotech conference in Boston in February is linked to more than 300,000 national and international infections with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
In patients needing noninvasive breathing support, those who got the 2-drug combo recovered in 10 days, compared with 18 days for remdesivir alone.
One study points to the use of certain medications, and the other shows elevated risk in non-white populations.
Studies show a 57% higher COVID-19 hospital rate for gynecologic cancer and a 29% higher rate for all cancers in black patients.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn has said the FDA will make its approval decision shortly after today's meeting.
Distribution challenges include local logistics, equitable reach, special populations, and cold storage.
The 3,124 new deaths—a single-day record—surpass the death tolls from the 9/11 and Pearl Harbor attacks.
The campaign focuses on avoiding enclosed spaces with people not in your "pod."
Data published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) show nearly double the COVID-19 mortality rate among people of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) ethnicity compared with whites.
Most German respondents preferred public health messages that acknowledge scientific uncertainty.
