COVID-19 - December 2020 Archives

It's not every day that a virtual hospital moves into a family home. But that's what happened after John Rohrscheib contracted COVID-19. On Nov. 4, the ...

2020 has been filled with unprecedented uncertainty for people around the globe, and many are eager to see what the new year brings. The COVID-19 ...

2020 has been a year consumed by COVID-19, from first news of the virus in the U.S. in January to vaccines rolling out in December. ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolved, fears of contracting the disease and overcrowding in hospitals resulted in many people delaying medical treatment. With the world preparing to ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a Latina woman recently diagnosed with high blood pressure. Several other members of my extended family also have high blood pressure ...

A recent Mayo Clinic study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that patients with COVID-19 who received care at Mayo Clinic had lower mortality rates than the national ...

The holiday season can be stressful all on its own, but add the COVID-19 pandemic and you have the potential for increased anxiety. With health ...

Music has been a part of humanity for as long as humanity has existed. Archeologists have unearthed relatively complex bone instruments greater than 40,000 years ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A few years ago, both of my parents passed away in December, so the holiday season is always a bit hard for me. ...

There are more questions than answers about the recent news in the U.K. of a new version — or variant — of SARS-CoV-2, the virus ...

Front-line health care workers across the country are receiving the first COVID-19 vaccinations. With the recent approval of a second COVID-19 vaccine for use here ...

Several communities and populations are underserved by the U.S. health care system. There are many reasons for this, including differences in risk incidence, morbidity and ...