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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The workers feel invisible and face an uneven flow of information, supplies, and PPE.
COVID-19 genetic material—not necessarily live virus—was found on surfaces in a 1-meter (3.3-foot) diameter circle where asymptomatic patients who had passed coronavirus triage had eye exams, according to a small study published yesterday in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Live virus and evidence of viral replication were rarely detectable beyond 8 days after symptom onset.
Frontline healthcare workers who had PPE were still at 3 times the risk of infection.
HHS says more than 59 million COVID-19 tests have been completed in the US.
It took only 4 days for the world's COVID-19 total to jump from 17 million to 18 million.
Telemedicine is booming amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but many older US adults—particularly those who are low-income, male, black or Hispanic, older than 65 years, less educated, living in rural areas, or have disabilities or poor health—are unable to access remote services, cutting them off from healthcare.
Some hot spots in the South report record deaths as a report on an outbreak at a summer camp sheds light on spread among teens.
Some countries experiencing flare-ups report record daily cases, including Vietnam, the Philippines, and Poland.
Modeling study suggests every-other-day testing strategy.
