A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report suggests that one coronavirus test may not be enough to be sure that someone has not been infected after exposure. The report, published Monday, found that more than 70 percent of inmates at a Louisiana prison who were exposed to someone infected with coronavirus ultimately … Read more
CDC adds nausea, diarrhea and congestion to list of common coronavirus symptoms In the pandemic’s earliest days, the CDC listed just three coronavirus symptoms: fever, cough and shortness of breath Now, that list has grown to 12 symptoms with the recent addition of three Diarrhea, nausea and congestion or runny nose were added, though it’s … Read more
Pregnant women with coronavirus are FIVE TIMES more likely to be hospitalized and 1.5 times more likely to end up in ICUs compared to other women, new CDC report finds More than 31% of pregnant women were hospitalized compared to 6% of non-pregnant women, putting mothers-to-be at a five times greater risk About 1.5% of … Read more
ER visits for heart attack, stroke and high blood sugar levels fall by nearly 20% as Americans scared of catching COVID-19 avoided hospitals, CDC reports Researchers looked at US emergency room visits pre-pandemic and in the 10 weeks following the declaration on March 15 Visits for heart attacks fell by 23% for strokes, fell by 20%, and … Read more
Death records show that hundreds of Americans die from heat each year, but a new investigation reveals it may actually be thousands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated some 600 people lose their lives to extreme temperatures, but a new study suggests the real amount is more than 5,600. Researchers used data … Read more
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) punted on questions about increasing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in reopened states, claiming worrisome rises could be due to ‘increased testing’ during a Friday press briefing. CDC director Dr Robert Redfield and deputy director Dr Jay Butler addressed the press in the first telebriefing since the … Read more
As the number of hospitalized coronavirus cases increased in the US, the number of emergency room visits decreased, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds. Emergency department visits fell by more than 40 percent during the peak of the pandemic compared to the same time last year, according to … Read more
Coronavirus was spreading ‘cryptically’ in the US by early February, CDC data reveals A CDC analysis of flu-like illnesses and post-mortem testing for coronavirus found that the first US coronavirus death happened on February 6 The person had not traveled out of the country in the weeks preceding their death, suggesting they caught it in their … Read more
Antibody tests for COVID-19 may be wrong up to half of the time, according to updated information from the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC now warns that the antibody testing is not accurate enough for it to be used for any policy-making decisions, as even with high test specificity, ‘less than half of those testing … Read more
CDC advises all babies born to COVID-19 positive or suspected mothers be tested for the infection The CDC is advising that newborns be separated from mothers who have confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus Babies should be tested within the first 24 hours and can be reunited with their mothers if the women test negative Infants are … Read more