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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Also, a report says the CDC combines the results of viral and antibody tests, clouding the pandemic picture.
The head of PAHO says, "We are increasingly worried about the poor and other vulnerable groups."
Also, CDC sources say the White House has kept the agency out of key decisions.
Of 1,150 adults hospitalized in New York City, 257 (22%) were critically ill, and 101 (39%) of them died.
"The hardest thing to do as a doctor is nothing, even if nothing is the right answer."
Chinese researchers have isolated live COVID-19 virus from the feces of several patients.
Researchers reveal that discharged patients who test positive for COVID-19 again don't appear to be contagious.
All 50 states will have begun the process of reopening their economies by the end of May.
Church events held between Mar 6 and 11 at an Arkansas church—where the pastor and his wife were positive for COVID-19 and showing symptoms—led to 35 confirmed COVID-19 cases among 92 people (38%) who attended events. The super-spreading event is described today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
In other international developments, case surges stretch health systems in Russia and Brazil, and France reports illnesses associated with recent school reopenings.