HHS received a list of 100 ways it could better prepare for and respond to public health emergencies such as pandemics.
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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July continues to look like April for the US, just as pro baseball opens.
WHO head reiterates that political leadership and community engagement are the 2 key response pillars.
About 47% of US adults have an underlying condition strongly tied to severe COVID-19 illness.
A randomized controlled trial of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brazil found that the use of hydroxychloroquine, with or without azithromycin, did not improve clinical status at 15 days compared with standard care, researchers reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Osterholm clarifies that he supports the wearing of cloth face coverings in public and urges people to stop citing CIDRAP and him as grounds for not wearing masks, but he also asks that advocates not use poorly conducted studies to support their use.
Antibody levels dropped by about half every 73 days—not good news for vaccine prospects.
For the first time in more than a month, daily US deaths top 1,000.
In the past day, the US, Brazil, and India reported more than 143,000 new cases combined.
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, US emergency department (ED) physicians said they were stressed by exposures to infected patients to the point that it impinged on their home lives and female ED doctors reported higher stress levels than their male counterparts, according to survey results published today in Academic Emergency Medicine.
The report highlights data inconsistencies and lack of federal leadership.
