Nearly 1 in 5 people with COVID-19 received a psychiatric diagnosis in the first 14 to 90 days after their initial infection diagnosis, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal Nov. 9.
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Advocate Aurora Health has halted its drive-thru and walk-up COVID-19 testing at several locations in Wisconsin and Illinois due to growing hospitalizations and demands on staff.
A T-cell test developed by Adaptive Biotechnologies could become the first commercially available test of its kind, and it may be more effective at detecting past COVID-19 infections than antibody tests, reports CNN.
The U.S. is facing record COVID-19 hospitalizations and case numbers at the same time the holiday season is approaching, setting the stage for challenging months ahead, CNBC reports.
Mayo Clinic Health System said that 100 percent of its beds are full at its hospitals in northwest Wisconsin, according to local news station WQOW.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations hit a record high Nov. 10 with 61,964 people hospitalized nationwide, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.
About 1 in 11 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were readmitted to the same hospital within two months, highlighting the potential need for ongoing care, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Nov. 9.
The Data and Safety Monitoring Board stopped a clinical trial early after cabotegravir, a preventive injectable drug administered every eight weeks, demonstrated superior efficacy over the daily pill, Truvada, according to the World Health Organization.
Officials at the University of Notre Dame (Ind.) said it is ramping up its testing protocols a day after the university's big football win against Clemson (S.C.) University Nov. 7, and will now require all students who plan on leaving…
Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth began postponing some nonemergency surgeries due to a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to CBS Local.