The West has had the highest wastewater detections for most of the summer, but levels have now declined a bit according to the CDC's latest update.
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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Nations in the Americas account for about half of global cases and deaths.
Both studies revealed the same high level of intensive care: 80%.
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.