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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Resources may be especially taxed in some US cities with vulnerable populations.
COVID-19 "has created the greatest financial crisis in history for hospitals and health systems."
WHO officials urge nations to take extra care in relaxing their distancing measures.
A modest lockdown could add 1.8 million TB cases and 342,000 deaths globally over 5 years.
A study published today in Pediatrics shows Chinese children who contracted COVID-19 often presented with co-infections of other respiratory viruses.
Of those polled, 78% say they would be uncomfortable in a sit-down restaurant.
Cases rose 41% in Africa last week, and transmission is widespread in 7 countries. Lesotho is the only nation that hasn't reported a case.
US drug maker Pfizer Inc. and Germany biopharmaceutical company BioNTech announced today that the first US participants in a clinical trial for a novel coronavirus vaccine have begun receiving doses.
The man was treated on Dec 27, 2019—4 days before a COVID-19 cluster was identified in Wuhan, China.
Leaked White House documents say deaths will climb to 3,000 a day by Jun 1.
