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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Cases rose 41% in Africa last week, and transmission is widespread in 7 countries. Lesotho is the only nation that hasn't reported a case.
US drug maker Pfizer Inc. and Germany biopharmaceutical company BioNTech announced today that the first US participants in a clinical trial for a novel coronavirus vaccine have begun receiving doses.
The man was treated on Dec 27, 2019—4 days before a COVID-19 cluster was identified in Wuhan, China.
Leaked White House documents say deaths will climb to 3,000 a day by Jun 1.
Nations and groups pledge $8 billion to make the ACT Accelerator a reality.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today said that it's revising a policy that aimed to accelerate the availability of COVID-19 antibody tests in the wake of reports that some companies have been marketing fraudulent tests.
The report seeks to bridge the gap between current practice and the need to protect health workers.
Spain, the world's second hardest-hit country after the US, is taking cautious steps to ease its 7-week lockdown, while the US CDC launches a gene tracking consortium to help with response.
COVID-19 meat plant outbreaks have been noted in at least 5 Midwestern states.
Experts urge the WHO to develop guidance for the gradual return of passenger travel.
