Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 not the sole cause of excess U.S. deaths in 2020

By the year 2017, the United States was already suffering more excess deaths and more life years lost each year than those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to research from demographers Samuel Preston ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New York, Florida lower vaccination age threshold to 60

The American states of New York and Florida are preparing to make COVID-19 vaccines available to people aged 60 and over, as the vaccination campaign in the United States—the world's worst-hit country in the pandemic—accelerates.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Those with Down syndrome are at increased risk of COVID-19 severity

As researchers learn more about COVID-19, it has become increasingly clear that certain groups, including those who have diabetes or obesity, are at higher risk of severe illness if they become infected with the virus.

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