Hispanic or Latina women account for nearly 50 percent of COVID-19 cases among pregnant women, further indicating the devastating effects of the pandemic on the minority community, CDC data shows.
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The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests and outpatient visits related to the virus have steadily decreased since mid-July, according to the CDC's weekly COVIDView report.
Anthony Fauci, MD, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the White House and NIH have abandoned temperature checks to screen for coronavirus, according to ABC News.
President Donald Trump expanded his coronavirus task force this week with the addition of Scott Atlas, MD, a senior fellow with Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of the most severe public health challenges our world has faced in recent history. At the same time, lockdowns and social-distancing measures intended to prevent the spread of the virus are posing unintended consequences for…
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Some experts believe Kamala Harris could help highlight and work to improve the nation's maternal mortality crisis, as reported by The 19th News.
The pandemic combined with flu season could create the worst fall the U.S. has ever faced from a public health perspective, CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, said during an Aug. 12 interview with WebMD.
About 40 percent of U.S. adults reported experiencing adverse mental health conditions, especially young people and unpaid caregivers, a new survey shows.
People already affected by health disparities across age, race, ethnicity, language, income and living conditions are at greater odds of contracting COVID-19 than those not affected, according to a new study published in the International Journal for Equity in Health.
Over the summer, restaurants and bars across the country opened back up after the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic left many facing financial difficulties — but now these spots have been linked to clusters of outbreaks of the disease,…