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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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.
A 4-year-old boy living outside of Milan with no travel history is now the earliest confirmed SARS-CoV-2 case in Italy, a team based in Italy reported in a research letter to Emerging Infectious Diseases yesterday.
The UK warns that those with a severe allergy history should avoid getting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
