Initiative is meant to help local governments boost COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and other pandemic mitigation measures
U.K., U.S. COVID-19 Symptom Checkers May Delay Health Contact
Symptom checkers for U.K., U.S. consistently failed to identify severe COVID-19, bacterial pneumonia, sepsis
Mandating Masks Linked to Drop in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths
Allowing on-premises restaurant dining linked to increase in county-level COVID-19 case and death growth rates
FDA Authorizes First T Cell-Based Test to Detect Prior SARS-CoV-2
The T-Detect COVID Test is useful for patients with previous symptoms or exposure who did not test positive with diagnostic test
Airlines Ask White House for Standardized COVID-19 Credentials for Passengers
Airline industry believes that one set of rules for such documents will help revive travel
Inflammatory Heart Disease After COVID-19 Rare in Athletes
Five athletes (0.6 percent) had cardiac magnetic resonance imaging findings suggestive of inflammatory heart disease
New Models Predict Risk for Ventilation, Death From COVID-19
Age not a predictor of which hospitalized COVID-19 patients will require ventilation
Neurologic Involvement Common in Children Hospitalized With COVID-19
Twelve percent of those with neurologic involvement develop life-threatening conditions associated with COVID-19
FDA Warns Consumers to Not Use Ivermectin for COVID-19
Agency has received reports of patients requiring medical support after self-medicating with ivermectin for use in horses
CDC Issues New Guidelines for Vaccinated Americans
Agency says fully vaccinated people can gather indoors with those who are also fully vaccinated