The new coronavirus can spread from one person to another in less than a week, and over 10 percent of patients are infected by an asymptomatic person with COVID-19, a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases shows.
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The new coronavirus may cause "moderate to severe respiratory illness" in children, a study of six children in China shows.
In early January, a smattering of news reports detailed a mysterious pneumonia outbreak sickening about three dozen people in Wuhan, China. Researchers identified the source of the outbreak as a novel coronavirus strain later named SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly spread across Asia…
A universal influenza vaccine candidate proved to be potentially effective in a new study, according to news website Live Science.
Infants born to mothers with confirmed new coronavirus infections should be isolated, if possible, according to an interim guidance from the CDC advising healthcare personnel caring for pregnant patients in the midst of the new virus outbreak.
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Physicians, nurses and other vaccine advocates are banding together to defend against anti-vaccine attacks online, reports The New York Times.
Symptoms of the illness caused by the new coronavirus develop between five to 14 days after a person is infected, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The following hospitals had the highest rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the U.S., according to data from CMS' Hospital Compare website.
People who have contracted the new coronavirus "shed" the virus most heavily in the first few days of the illiness, and shedding may continue even after they stop showing symptoms, according to a new study.
More than a dozen former patients of a deceased Illinois pediatrician lack immunity to some or every disease they thought they were vaccinated against, authorities revealed March 9, according to the Chicago Tribune.