The U.S. COVID-19 death toll jumped more than 300 in one day, from 492 deaths as of 11:30 a.m. CDT, March 24 to 802 as of 10 a.m. CDT, March 25. Nationwide, 55,243 American cases have been reported.
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About one-fifth of Americans (22 percent) reported that their mental health had gotten worse as the new coronavirus pandemic intensified in the U.S., according to a new poll.
Working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic may cause high rates of anxiety and depression among clinicians, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the COVID-19 pandemic to the state level. Below are key updates from March 23-24 from the states hardest hit by the coronavirus:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ramped up his pleas for federal assistance in the state’s efforts to triage and treat more than 23,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, a number that he said is now doubling every three days.
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The U.S. COVID-19 death toll jumped by more than 100 in one day, from 473 deaths as of 12 p.m. CDT, March 23 to 592 as of 11:30 a.m. CDT, March 24. Nationwide, 46,805 American cases have been reported.
A man in Arizona is dead and his wife is in critical care after the couple ingested a non-medication form of chloroquine phosphate to stave off COVID-19, according to Phoenix-based Banner Health.
Some physicians have identified the loss of smell and taste as a new potential new symptom of COVID-19, reports The New York Times.
As U.S. hospitals struggle to figure out ways to manage the expected influx of COVID-19 patients, the city of Chicago is moving ahead with one strategy — renting out thousands of rooms in hotels to isolate confirmed and suspected cases…
A dozen physicians on the front line of Italy's COVID-19 outbreak are urging other countries to conduct more home-based care to help prevent the virus' spread, according to a paper published in NEJM Catalyst and cited by STAT.