COVID-19 - August 2020 Archives

From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was known that the disease affected the lungs. But some of the most severe damage to the ...

Getting a flu shot often protects you from coming down with the flu. And although the flu shot doesn't always provide total protection, it's worth ...

Health care workers across the country have been on the front lines fighting the coronavirus for more than six months. COVID-19 has presented extraordinary challenges ...

Wearing a face mask is one important intervention to decrease the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as other ...

­­The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us all. Decisions that last year would have been easy to make, leave us questioning if there is a better option. ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Diabetes runs in my family. My mother was diagnosed in her 20s and requires daily insulin. Last month, my 45-year-old sister was ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, new information about the disease is discovered on a weekly basis and it can be hard to keep up. On the Mayo ...

Social distancing is hard on kids. Understand how to help your child deal with loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. ___________________________________ Up until late 2019, most kids spent ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― A study of search engine queries addressed the question of whether online searches for chest pain symptoms correlated to reports of fewer ...

In an effort to see patients safely during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayo Clinic developed a Strategic Management and Resource Team, also known as a SMaRT ...

ROCHESTER, Minn.  — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized emergency use of convalescent plasma and the national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma ...

Until a vaccine is developed, public health measures are the best defense against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These measures include masking, hand hygiene and ...