New research found that overall children in China infected with the novel coronavirus showed less severe symptoms of illness than adults, though infants and toddlers were vulnerable to moderate and severe infection. The study, “Epidemiological ...
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Little is known about the effectiveness of personal protective equipment for health care workers who take care of patients infected with the novel coronavirus. The ...
Read More »10 Tips for Parents Navigating Realities of Education During Extended Coronavirus Break
With COVID-19 causing widespread school closures, children across the country are being given alternate resources, some online, to study outside of the classroom. Temporary solutions ...
Read More »Biden And Sanders Debate With Coronavirus On Everyone’s Mind
By Emmarie Huetteman In the midst of a global health crisis that has disrupted daily life and heightened anxieties for millions of Americans, former Vice ...
Read More »AMA Commends Administration for Declaring National Emergency to Bolster Response to COVID-19
The AMA commends the Administration for declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency under the Stafford Act. This emergency declaration is necessary to help ensure ...
Read More »COVID-19 Testing Shortages Force Extreme Shift In Strategy From Containment to Social Distancing
Public health officials in California’s state capital region announced this week they have stopped tracing the contacts of patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. They’ve ...
Read More »Emergency Physicians: How Patients Can Stop Spread Of Coronavirus
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is providing guidance for patients to minimize their risk of getting or spreading the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. A ...
Read More »Trump Incorrectly Said Health Insurers Will Pay For All Coronavirus Treatment
As coronavirus cases multiply in the United States, one concern Americans have is what they can expect to pay if they seek treatment. Speaking from ...
Read More »How To Avoid Coronavirus? Lessons From People Whose Lives Depend On It
Andrea Amelse knows hand-washing. For the past eight years, she’s been washing her hands pretty much every time she passes a sink. When she’s near ...
Read More »Doctors Recommend To Congress Steps To Fight COVID-19
In a series of recommendations provided to the Trump administration and Congress today, the American College of Physicians (ACP) laid out a series of steps ...
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