The suit from 19 states and the District of Columbia contends that major restructuring has cut life-saving programs and put extra burden on states to pay for health crises.
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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More than a quarter of nations in the Americas have suspended routine vaccinations.
Despite a lower 7-day average in cases, school reopening is still a huge issue, especially in hot spots.
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.
