Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Millions more virus rapid tests, but are results reported?

After struggling to ramp up coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of rapid tests. But the boom comes with a new challenge: keeping track of the results.

Pediatrics

Are at-home 'learning pods' the right fit for your family?

(HealthDay)—Emily Davis and her husband started a 'learning pod' with another family this summer, hiring a teacher for child care and now for the start of first grade. Their 6-year-old son is an only child, which was a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'New normal' anything but as countries continue to reopen

Hundreds of thousands of high school seniors in South Korea had their temperature checked and rubbed their hands with sanitizer as they returned to school Wednesday, many for the first time since late last year after their ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 pandemic puts children with disabilities at significant risk

Health officials around the world agree that the vast majority of children have avoided the global scourge of COVID-19. But the pandemic's social and economic consequences have already begun to affect the most vulnerable ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The city sleeps: New York bans big gatherings, museums close

Museums prepared to shut their doors, the opera was silenced, lights dimmed on Broadway, big gatherings were banned and the subway was shunned as the largest city in the United States wound down Thursday amid a rise in coronavirus ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US schools start planning for possible spread of coronavirus

Schools across the United States are canceling trips abroad, preparing online lessons and even rethinking "perfect attendance" awards as they brace for the possibility that the new coronavirus could begin spreading in their ...

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