While neurological problems have been a common symptom among COVID-19 long-haulers, the underlying mechanisms for this have remained largely unknown. A new study led by Cleveland Clinic researchers may have a glimpse at the answer.
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Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don't need to wear a mask in most indoor settings, though they still should in three specific settings, reports the CDC.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to fall nationwide this week, though deaths ticked up slightly, according to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review published June 11.
Many children are still behind on routine vaccinations after vaccination levels dropped dramatically during the early months of the pandemic, according to CDC data published June 10. The vaccination drop may raise the risk of other outbreaks that could derail…
As COVID-19 cases fall in the U.S., the pandemic has intensified in other countries, with more virus deaths reported in 2021 so far than during all of 2020, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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The World Health Organization's new naming system for coronavirus variants should be widely adopted to reduce the stigma and discrimination that can occur from associating a virus with one place, Nature's editorial board wrote June 9.
Provisional CDC data shows COVID-19 deaths have fallen 90 percent since peaking in January, but the virus is still killing hundreds of people each day in the U.S., according to a June 10 analysis from The New York Times.
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus in the U.S. have been on the rise since February, with nearly 500 cases reported in the week ending May 22, CDC data shows.
Seattle is the first major U.S. city to have 70 percent of its population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Mayor Jenny Durkan said June 9.
The U.S. launched COVID-19 contact tracing programs nationwide to slow the transmission of the virus, spending hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet the effort gave "suboptimal" results because only a third of infected residents were able to share their contact…