Category: Public Health

COVID-19 is 3rd leading cause of death; HHS reporting process is temporary, Birx says — 5 updates

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Teen Artist’s Portraits Help Frame Sacrifice of Health Care Workers Lost to COVID

A 15-year-old high school student in New Jersey is memorializing doctors, nurses and others who died after tending to coronavirus patients.

Isolation, Disruption and Confusion: Coping With Dementia During a Pandemic

COVID-19 has upended the lives of people with dementia, limiting their interactions with others and complicating matters for their caregivers.

More in America going hungry as coronavirus pandemic rages

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Threshold for herd immunity may be lower than thought, COVID-19 researchers say

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Testing rates fall for 1st time; new research points to lasting immunity — 7 COVID-19 updates

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Latinas are largest group of pregnant women with COVID-19, data shows

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ED visits for COVID-19 fall for 4th consecutive week: 4 CDC updates

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Trust, Fear and Solidarity Will Determine the Success of a COVID Vaccine

Polio terrified Americans, and in 1955, when Jonas Salk’s vaccine became available, they snapped it up like candy. Sixty-five years later, COVID is the latest dread virus, but many undercurrents could inhibit its acceptance.

With COVID Vaccine Trial, Rural Oregon Clinic Steps Onto World Stage

A small allergy clinic in Medford, Oregon, might seem an unlikely place to recruit hundreds of volunteers to test the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19. But its steward has a record of leading hundreds of clinical trials.