The CDC has changed the list of symptoms linked to COVID-19 illness, adding four symptoms.
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New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are implementing a mandated self-quarantine for travelers from any state where COVID-19 cases pass a certain threshold, WNBC reports.
An Illinois hospital nurse claims she contracted COVID-19 after hospital leaders told employees not to wear masks for a short time in March, reports CBS Chicago.
Some central Texas hospitals have reinstated policies prohibiting visitors in an attempt to reduce virus transmission as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge across the state, according to KXAN.
The American College of Physicians issued clinical advice regarding the effectiveness of N95 respirators, surgical masks and cloth masks when preventing COVID-19 in a "living document" published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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The CDC is warning healthcare providers about a new resistant strain of Neisseria meningitidis, which causes meningococcal disease.
About 45 percent of pregnant women who tested positive for the new coronavirus at hospitals in Massachusetts were not showing any symptoms, a new study shows.
Flushing a toilet can generate fine air particles that may linger in the air or land on nearby surfaces, and a new study shows that those aerosols also can spread coronavirus particles, The New York Times reports.
About 12 percent of COVID-19 patients had gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhea, a new study shows.
Some visitors have alleged that not all staff are wearing face masks at Bradenton, Fla.-based Manatee Memorial Hospital, according to NBC's WFLA-TV.