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At least 285 U.S. kids have developed a severe inflammatory condition related to the Coronavirus and while many regained, the capacity for long-term or permanent damage is unknown, two new studies suggest. The papers, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, provide the report on the status. The problem is called a multi-system syndrome

They saw the photos: Crowded hospitals, nurses that were tired, bodies piling up in morgues. It was far away, in northern Italy, New York, and other places. After three months of waiting and preparing, Arizona physicians and nurses are on the front lines as the coronavirus rips throughout the state, making it one of the

As families flock back into nursing homes that reopened to limited visits in April and widely this month, tens of thousands no longer have mothers, fathers, grandparents and siblings to hug and to hold. With graves so fresh that some still don’t have headstones, grieving families across the nation are increasingly demanding a reckoning, turning

U.S. officials estimate that 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus as it first arrived in the USA, meaning that the huge majority of the populace remains susceptible. Officials have known that are being overlooked due to gaps in testing and that millions of people were infected without knowing it. The news comes

Coronavirus cases are climbing rapidly among young adults in a number of states where bars, shops, and restaurants have reopened — a disturbing generational shift that not only puts them in greater danger than many realize but poses an even bigger danger to older people who cross their paths. In Oxford, Mississippi, summer fraternity parties

Lock-down measures in a German region where hundreds of Coronavirus instances sprung up in a slaughterhouse and news that the world’s top-ranked tennis player has been infected gave a reminder to Europeans on Tuesday that the pandemic is far from gone. Meanwhile, Britain, which has listed the most Coronavirus-related deaths in Europe, pressed on with

“Frontline workers, whether they are health care workers or essential personnel in other industries that are helping our communities stay afloat, are putting their health a risk, and I hope that with these recommendations, we can at least help guide them to be safer,” Palacios said. FIU News asked Palacios for tips that could help

In recent weeks, Cleveland Clinic clinical psychologist Kathleen Ashton, PhD, ABPP, has been leading a weekly virtual meeting for the 30 or so caregivers she works with in the organization’s Breast Center. The 15- to 30-minute video conference is not about the patients the team treats for breast cancer and benign breast conditions. Instead, the