The proportion of excess deaths exceeded the share of the population among American Indians or Alaska Natives, Blacks, and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders.
Study suggests medical masks may offer similar protecion as N95 respirators, but experts say hold on.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
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The findings provide hope that vaccines may generate long-term protection.
A multistate analysis of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the American Journal of Epidemiology yesterday found that 12.6% of patients died, with blacks especially hard hit.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine likely protects against the UK variant, an official says.
A study in JAMA Internal Medicine today demonstrates a sharp decline in US hospital COVID-19 mortality rates during the first 6 months of the pandemic, with wide variation across hospitals and poorer outcomes linked to higher county-level case rates.
More than 1,100 cases involving the fast-spreading strain are confirmed, most in people younger than 60.
Today and tomorrow 5.9 million doses of Moderna's vaccine will arrive at 3,400 locations.
A study of pandemic deaths in California in JAMA Internal Medicine today found the highest excess mortality in older adults, black and Hispanic residents, and those without college degrees. Excess death rates for Hispanic residents and those without a high school degree more than tripled after reopening, likely due to increased COVID-19 risk faced by low-wage, essential workers.
Essential workers include first responders, teachers, public transit employees, and grocery store staff.
The company says it began a trial among adolescents; results are expected in 2021.
The US becomes the first nation to have 2 authorized COVID-19 vaccines with clear, compelling efficacy data.
