COVID-19 Updates
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United States adds nearly 74,000 more children with COVID-19
New weekly high in pediatric cases seen for the second consecutive week.
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Food insecurity called urgent issue you must address
One in three Black children and one in four Latino children are experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Whales, seals, and dolphins: Will SARS-CoV-2–contaminated wastewater prove a killer?
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Pfizer vaccine data show 90% efficacy in early results
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VA joins Pentagon in recruiting volunteers for COVID vaccine trials
“With VA, their population, all elderly and infirm with underlying conditions, they could really be suffering if we don’t get a vaccine.”
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COVID-19 risks in rheumatic disease remain unclear
Elevated COVID-19-related risks, many associated with comorbidities, emerged in a match-control study, whereas a systematic review delivers more...
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Biden victory: What it means for COVID, health care
Biden’s agenda includes: Ramping up the federal response to COVID-19, boosting the Affordable Care Act, creating a new “public option” to cover...
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COVID-19–related HCQ shortages affected rheumatology patients worldwide
Data from the Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey presented at ACR Convergence 2020 demonstrate that the severity of shortages...
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COVID-19 in pregnancy raises risk of preterm birth and severe disease
Early data support counseling pregnant women about risks for severe illness associated with infection.
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New case suggestive of in utero SARS-CoV-2 transmission
In this rare case of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from a mother to her neonate, virus was detected in cord blood but not placenta.
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Lions and tigers and anteaters? U.S. scientists scan the menagerie for COVID
Across the country, veterinarians and other researchers are scouring the animal kingdom for signs of the virus that causes COVID-19.