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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Also, a new poll reveals further political divisions about reopening the economy.
Among all patients studied across 24 nations, 51.2% had pulmonary complications and 38.0% died.
The WHO issues new COVID-19-related guidance on noncommunicable disease and mass gatherings.
A multicenter study published yesterday in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease shows that 60% of asymptomatic (symptom-free) COVID-19 patients in Sichuan province, China, were diagnosed as having pneumonia on their first computed tomography (CT) scan.
Also, the US Supreme Court turns down a California church's request to ease the state's restrictions.
Trump's announcement draws strong condemnation from public health experts.
"We are deeply aware that no one can fight COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 on their own. The industry is all in."
Also, the CDC published data pointing to community spread no earlier than late January.
Death rates were 13% and 28% in the 2 studies, with 1 study showing cancer treatment not tied to higher risk.
The first major study of diabetics hospitalized with COVID-19 shows more than 1 in 10 die within 7 days of admission, and about 1 in 5 is intubated within 1 week. The study appears today in Diabetologia.
