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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At least 246 COVID-19 cases have been tied to reopened nightclubs in Seoul, South Korea, after the Apr 30 to May 5 Golden Week holiday, with 61% among contacts of nightclub revelers, according to a research letter published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Also, the WHO will meet with Chinese officials to probe the source of the virus.
Hospital and ICU beds in Arizona, Texas, and Florida are filling at an alarming rate.
Around 5% in Spain, a nation hit hard earlier, had antibodies to the virus.
A retrospective cohort study of 1,687 COVID-19 patients at two New York City hospitals published yesterday in the Annals of Internal Medicine revealed that 31% were obese, and obese patients were at higher risk of respiratory failure.
Not recognizing airborne transmission has led to a false sense of security, they write.
It only took 5 days for cases to surge from 10 million to 11 million, and today the number stands at 11,520,461 cases.
California records the largest 1-day jump reported so far in the US during the pandemic.
Officials must revisit their approach in order to minimize COVID-19 deaths, the study author says.
Seven more Ebola cases and three more deaths have been confirmed over the past few days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Equateur province outbreak, raising the total to 41 cases, which includes 17 deaths.
