Infectious Diseases - August 2020 Archives

Underlying health conditions, such as heart or lung disease, can increase your risk of developing dangerous symptoms if you become infected with coronavirus disease 2019 ...

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are working from home than ever before. As physical boundaries between work and personal life blur, it can ...

Whether in person, online or a hybrid model of education, families and school districts are planning for how to safely teach students during the COVID-19 pandemic. No ...

Research increasingly shows that racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States. For example, according to data from ...

Returning to school has taken on new meaning and a new set of worries for parents and caregivers during the age of coronavirus disease 2019 ...

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration paved the way for commercial developers to create at-home COVID-19 tests. While no test is yet approved for ...

As the race to develop a safe and effective vaccine to protect against COVID-19 continues, phase 3 trials of investigational vaccines are underway. In this ...

Acute flaccid myelitis or AFM is a rare, polio-like condition that causes sudden weakness in a person's arms or legs and can lead to respiratory ...

For many people, the summer of 2020 has been like no other in recent memory. Public health restrictions caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...

Acute symptoms of COVID-19, such as cough, fever and shortness of breath, are now widely known. What is not known, however, is what symptoms and ...

To solve the challenges presented by COVID-19, it's important to look to the past. History shows that collaboration is the way forward when uncovering secrets ...