In 2020, pregnant COVID patients much more likely to have severe illness, die at delivery
Pregnant women in the United States infected with COVID-19 at delivery early in the pandemic were nearly three times more...
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Two infants born to COVID-infected mothers suffer severe brain damage
The combined incidence of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis was cut by two-thirds among men who have sex with men (MSM)...
National Academies report reveals dire pandemic effects on at-risk kids, families
The latest report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highlights the outsized pandemic burdens shouldered by racial-minority...
US maternal death rates jumped for second year in a row amid pandemic
The US pregnancy-related death rate shot up faster in 2021 than in 2020, nearly doubling from prepandemic rates in 2019...
Americans less active after emergence of COVID-19, study finds
A Vanderbilt University study estimates that Americans took 719 fewer daily steps in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic...
WHO: COVID activity up in 3 world regions
Preliminary data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that US tuberculosis (TB) cases rose...
Nirmatrelvir tied to 26% lower risk of long COVID, 47% lower risk of death
Preliminary data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that US tuberculosis (TB) cases rose...
COVID exploited US political divisions along with racial and health disparities
Despite being one of the world's highest income countries, with strong healthcare and a high rank for preparedness, the United...
6 separate weekend shootings leave 1 dead, 8 wounded in Denver metro – Denver 7 Colorado News
DENVER — Multiple Denver-area police agencies are investigating six separate weekend shootings that left one man dead and wounded eight...
Volunteers were purposefully infected with COVID-19. Was it worth it? – Freethink
After a brief interrogation by a bobby at the train station, Alastair Fraser-Urquhart walks out into an empty London. The streets...