The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has released a plan for accelerating COVID-19 research, which includes four priorities.
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The U.S. has reported 869,172 COVID-19 cases and 49,963 related deaths as of 9 a.m. CDT April 24. Worldwide, 2,735,117 COVID-19 cases and 192,019 deaths have been confirmed, while 751,501 patients have recovered.
About 2.5 million coronavirus cases had been reported worldwide by April 22, but we are not close to the end of the pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said during an April 22 media briefing.
Physicians have noted a new coronavirus symptom, named "COVID toes," appearing primarily in patients with no other symptoms, children and young adults, according to USA Today.
Most Americans support strict shelter-in-place orders to help prevent COVID-19's spread, but are split on whether they'd let health officials use their cellphone data to aid in contact tracing, according to a new survey from Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Outbreaks of the new coronavirus were already spreading undercover in major U.S. cities, well before testing showed a much larger issue, a new model developed by researchers at Boston-based Northeastern University estimates, according to The New York Times.
As of April 24, Kansas has the highest COVID-19 reproduction rate, while Vermont has the lowest, according to rt.live, a website that calculates the rate at which the virus is spreading in all 50 states.
COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S. have increased more than tenfold in one month, with 46,785 deaths reported as of 8:30 a.m. CDT April 23, compared to about 4,700 deaths at the start of the month, as reported by NPR.
Recent polls show the majority of Americans support social distancing measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. But if and when people begin to grow less committed to living in isolation, hospital leaders around the country have a message to…
Screening protocols, designated COVID-19 care units and in-house testing are all part of the contingency plans drafted by Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital to meet the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.