Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at a higher risk for death and health complications than those hospitalized with influenza, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Oct. 20.
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Some COVID-19 vaccines contain a certain adenovirus strain that could make people more susceptible to HIV, four researchers warned in a commentary for The Lancet.
Thousands of scientists, researchers and healthcare professionals have signed the John Snow Memorandum denouncing herd immunity as "a dangerous fallacy unsupported by scientific evidence."
The U.S. is reporting an average of 59,000 new cases daily, the highest figure since early August, reports The New York Times.
Researchers said they're worried that a COVID-19 vaccine may be less effective in those with obesity, reports Nature. The concern stems from links researchers have seen between obesity and a dulled immune response to the virus.
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Total hospital admissions dropped to 68.6 percent of predicted admissions during a week in April, according to an analysis published Oct. 19 by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The U.S. recorded at least 58,387 new COVID-19 cases Oct. 19, marking the highest single-day increase reported on a Monday since July 20, according to data from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University cited by CNN.
Those experiencing COVID-19 symptoms months after becoming infected may not all be experiencing a single syndrome, but up to four different ones, according to a report published by the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health Research.
Thirty-nine states across the U.S. are seeing an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations, prompting many of the states and their hospitals to take steps to address the new surges and related bed and staffing shortages.
The U.S. has reported an average of 56,615 new COVID-19 cases daily in the past week, up 30 percent from the average seen two weeks ago, reports The New York Times.