The U.S. has reported 1,370,016 COVID-19 cases and 82,389 related deaths, as of 8 a.m. CDT May 13. Globally, there have been 4,283,885 reported cases and 292,619 deaths, while 1,504,429 have recovered.
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Officials have identified 5,293 excess deaths in New York City that may have been caused by COVID-19 but weren't included in the official death toll, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published May 11.
The number of transplant procedures using organs from dead donors in the U.S. dropped by about 50 percent in early April compared to a month earlier, according to a study published in The Lancet.
Twitter will now flag tweets that contain disputable or misleading information about COVID-19 and remove content that could cause harm, the social media giant announced May 11.
Florida officials released the list of deaths from the new coronavirus compiled by medical examiners, which they had withheld for weeks — but key information is missing that makes the list meaningless, Stephen Nelson, MD, chairman of the state medical…
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Slightly more than half of Americans (51 percent) would be willing to join a cellphone-based contract-tracing program sponsored by the CDC, according to a new Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index poll.
Studies have shown that the drug remdesivir can help treat novel coronavirus patients, but there isn't enough of the drug for all the patients who are eligible, leaving clinicians to decide who should get the drug without much direction, according…
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 80,000, with 80,684 COVID-19 deaths and 1,347,936 cases confirmed as of 8 a.m. CDT May 12. Globally, there have been 4,197,142 reported cases and 286,669 deaths, while 1,466,075 have recovered.
A Colorado restaurant opened its doors to customers May 10, defying an executive order from Gov. Jared Polis, according to The Washington Post.
CityMD, an urgent care clinic with locations in New York and New Jersey, mistakenly told 15,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus antibodies that they are immune to the virus, according to CNBC.