The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is investing $500 million in the universal vaccine project.
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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The nearly 22% of US counties with higher proportions of black people accounted for 52% of COVID-19 cases and 58% of related deaths, according to a study published late last week in the Annals of Epidemiology.
The researchers accessed public data on Apr 13 to compare predictors of COVID-19 infections and deaths in counties with 13% or more black people and those with lower percentages.
Brazil is poised to become the next pandemic epicenter, with almost 10,000 new cases reported today.
Two options are decontaminating N95s or using elastomeric respirators.
One of the studies is the first published randomized controlled trial on the drug for COVID-19.
A major part of Operation Warp Speed will involve ramping up vaccine production.
The World Health Assembly gears up to meet virtually for the first time and will focus mainly on the pandemic.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it's working with Abbott Laboratories to address potential false-negative results provided by the company's rapid coronavirus test.
France and Spain learn that relatively few people have been exposed to the virus.
The federal pandemic response has grown increasingly divided and political.
Italian clinicians report 10 cases in about a month, a 30-fold increase.
