The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not "backpedal" on the number of deaths caused by COVID-19, reducing the figure from nearly 154,000 to just over 9,000, as social media posts claimed.
Sep 1, 2020
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During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, social media platforms have played a major role in conveying information from health care leaders and government officials to communities about how to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Yet ...
Aug 25, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The Trump administration has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from regulating a wide swath of laboratory tests, including ones for the coronavirus.
Aug 21, 2020
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The number of COVID-19 deaths globally—more than 750,000—is now greater than the amount of people who succumb to malaria most years.
Aug 17, 2020
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(HealthDay)—As the U.S. coronavirus case count neared 5 million on Thursday, a new model predicted that nearly 300,000 Americans could die of COVID-19 by December if more people don't wear masks or practice better social ...
Aug 7, 2020
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(HealthDay)—With U.S. coronavirus cases surging past 3.8 million on Tuesday, Congress is negotiating yet another pandemic relief package for cash-strapped Americans.
Jul 21, 2020
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(HealthDay)—As yet another record for the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases in the United States was broken on Sunday, federal health officials prepared to start pooled testing for COVID-19.
Jul 20, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Test results for the new coronavirus are taking so long that they are doing little to help stop the spread of the virus in the United States, experts say.
Jul 14, 2020
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One of the biggest social media sites—Facebook—has allowed "anti-vaxxers" to gain a stronger voice against the use of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine, according to a new study from a media expert at the University ...
Jul 8, 2020
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Fathers' prepartum social media posts can predict their risk of postpartum depression. A predictive model based on machine learning is described in the peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. ...
Jul 7, 2020
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