The gap between the diseases we fear and the actual dangers we face is significant. This Halloween, CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm outlines the public health threats that worry him most.
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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"It's fair to say that this microscopic virus has humbled all of us": WHO director-general.
About 18 million Americans with chronic conditions or older age are uninsured or underinsured.
A study of 68 children in China with COVID-19 reveals that 96% were household contacts of infected adults who had developed symptoms earlier, and 51% of those tested for common respiratory pathogens also had another type of infection.
The syndrome is different from Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome.
Anywhere from 6% to 40% of the population may be infected but not have symptoms, a WHO officials says.
Also, an analysis of a Navy ship outbreak highlights few symptoms in young adults.
Black or other ethnic minority women in the United Kingdom make up 56% of all documented hospitalized cases of COVID-19 in pregnancy, according to a new study published in The BMJ.
Yesterday, 75% of cases were in 10 nations, mostly in the Americas and South Asia.
New data show that 600 frontline US health workers have died from COVID-19.
Keeping infected moms in rooms separate from their babies is one approach, but with breast milk options.
