Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by scientists...
(CNN)Just as more Americans are allowed to visit beaches, attend church indoors or eat inside a restaurant, health officials say gathering in large groups could send states back to where they started.
Texas had its highest single-day increase in new...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, pushed back against recent coronavirus death counts, including those conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , days after his own state’s health department acknowledged that its numbers had been inflated...
A US government expert panel has formally recommended against using a drug combination promoted by President Donald Trump to fight the coronavirus, because of its potential harmful impact on the heart.
The National Institutes of Health's COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines warned...
Coronaviruses are a type of virus. There are many different kinds, and some cause disease. A newly identified type has caused a recent outbreak of respiratory illness now called COVID-19.
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Public use of face...
Reported illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms to severe illness and death for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.
Death counts may be underestimated due to several factors. Staff shortages and bureaucratic red tape around accessing death records in certain states have also reportedly added to the issue, causing delays in reporting the latest state figures to the...
A new coronavirus test has the potential to produce results in about 40 minutes, at least six times faster than the test used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the federal government is partnering with states and labs to double the capacity of COVID-19 testing across the nation, a promise that comes...
