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 US now has 2,564,163 COVID-19 cases and 125,928 deaths.
A meta-analysis of 7,780 children in 26 countries published late last week in EClinicalMedicine has found that 19% had no symptoms, 3% required intensive care, and only 0.1% died in the first 4 months of the pandemic.
Florida and Texas are both targeting drinking establishments to help curb dramatic surges in cases.
Conditions include stroke, brain inflammation, psychosis, and dementia-like symptoms.
At a cost of an estimated $31 billion, new vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics are urgently needed.
Though age is still important, younger adults with underlying conditions can get very sick, too, the CDC warns.
The Americas and South Asia continue to be the hot spots, but cases in Europe rise for the first time in months.
Chilblains—which in this pandemic have been referred to as "COVID toes"—are not a sign of COVID-19 infection but rather a result of sedentary lifestyles linked to community lockdown measures and a lack of warm footwear, two small studies published today in JAMA Dermatology have found.
Pregnant women were 5.4 times more likely to be hospitalized and 1.5 times more likely to need intensive care.
Scientists have roundly criticized a new study's methodology, and the entire kerfuffle has highlighted the difficulty of "doing science" amid a full-blown pandemic.
