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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Nearly half of Florida's ICUs are almost full, and more than 20% are completely full.
A small study by Italian researchers found that more than 87% of patients who had recovered from acute COVID-19 still had at least one symptom 2 months after illness onset.
The study, published yesterday in a research letter to JAMA, assessed 143 patients treated for acute COVID-19 at a hospital in Rome in April and May. Patients were assessed a mean 60.3 days after onset of the first symptom.
The WHO posts a brief on transmission and launches a review panel.
"Be mindful of what happens when you open up and throw caution to the wind," Tony Fauci says.
Prison cases are 5.5 times higher—and death rates 3 times higher—than in the general population.
In yet another study demonstrating racial disparities in the pandemic, a University of Chicago analysis has found that black people are twice as likely as whites to test positive for COVID-19.
Task force coordinator Birx says harder-hit states should re-enter phase 1 of reopening.
In 62% of 911 emergency dispatches, the patient did not report COVID symptoms.
Cases increased 20% in the Americas over the past week, and in Africa, cases in 22 countries have more than doubled over the past month.