Below are 26 updates from the six states hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic:
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Nearly 30 states are projected to see peak demand for hospital resources due to COVID-19 in the last two weeks of April and early May, according to updated projections from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation…
The U.S. has reported 671,493 of the 2,181,508 COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide as of 9:45 a.m. CDT April 17. Nationwide, 33,288 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, while 147,337 deaths have been reported globally.
Chest X-rays read as "normal" for nearly 60 percent of COVID-19 patients, a new study shows.
A group of researchers are collaborating with the Major League Baseball to enroll its employees in a study on antibody testing, according to The New York Times.
Kaiser Health News and The Guardian launched a joint project to document every healthcare worker's death from COVID-19 in the U.S.
Some physicians are calling for the use of chest CT scans to help detect COVID-19 amid ongoing testing shortages and delays, reports STAT.
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health recently shared several figures detailing the health system's and community's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below are 28 updates from the six states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic:
Social-distancing measures for COVID-19 may need to continue through 2022, according to new projections from Harvard researchers published in Science.