To achieve long-term victory over COVID-19, humans must reach herd immunity—the point at which the virus can no longer find enough hosts to cause significant levels of infection in a population. An effective COVID-19 vaccine ...
Aug 31, 2020
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Global health authorities are frantically pursuing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the hope that it will allow everyone to get back to a pre-COVID-19 reality ASAP. Thomas O'Rourke, a professor emeritus of community ...
Aug 26, 2020
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Herd immunity—when the prevalence of immunity to a virus in a population reaches "herd" levels (enough people are resistant to keep an epidemic from growing)—has been considered by some countries as a strategy to combat ...
Aug 26, 2020
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A return to pre-pandemic normal life seems impossible for the foreseeable future. In the absence of control measures, it would result in the rapid spread of coronavirus and many deaths.
Aug 14, 2020
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There are over 175 COVID-19 vaccines in development. Almost all government strategies for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic are based on the idea that one of these vaccine candidates will eventually provide widespread ...
Aug 14, 2020
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Vaccination rates in the U.S. have plummeted amid COVID-19, something experts warn could lead to the next pandemic of dangerous and preventable childhood diseases. A new national survey by Orlando Health finds while the vast ...
Aug 12, 2020
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University of Michigan researchers have developed a mathematical model that allows public health officials to determine how various levels of lockdown affect both the economy and the mortality rate of COVID-19.
Jul 23, 2020
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(HealthDay)—On the front lines of the war against COVID-19, masks have become a flashpoint.
Jul 22, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Far more Americans have been infected with COVID-19 than reported case counts reflect, a new government report suggests.
Jul 21, 2020
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A second round of random testing in Spain for antibodies to the new coronavirus indicates that a third of those infected do not develop symptoms, Spanish health authorities said Thursday.
Jun 4, 2020
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