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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Children younger than 5 years with mild or moderate COVID-19 have much higher levels of coronavirus genetic material in their nose and throat than do older children and adults, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.
A reset would mean such steps as temporary closures of nonessential businesses and toughening mask and distancing policies in hot spots.
The WHO releases a new resource aimed at preventing COVID-19 spread in nursing homes.
Of the travel-related cases in 99 countries early in the pandemic, the 3 top source nations were Italy, China, and Iran.
Pregnant black and Hispanic women at two Philadelphia hospitals were five times more likely than their white and Asian peers to have been exposed to COVID-19, according to a study published yesterday in Science Immunology.
With the dramatic nationwide rise in COVID-19 cases, widespread concerns about thin supplies of protective equipment remain.
Younger people appear to be spreading the virus to older family members, according to a new report.
A dramatically scaled-back version of the hajj pilgrimage began in Saudi Arabia yesterday.
One study finds that staff working at more than one nursing home had quadruple the risk of infection.
An observational study of 10,021 COVID-19 patients admitted to 920 German hospitals has found that patients requiring mechanical ventilation were at highest risk for death—especially those 80 years and older and those needing dialysis.
