The landscape surrounding COVID-19 is rapidly changing. We’re here to help you make sense of this disease through science and facts, and serve as a streamlined resource for all of your COVID-19 needs.

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Making Sense of COVID

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Here’s What Recovery from Covid-19 Looks Like for Many Survivors

Continuing shortness of breath, muscle weakness, flashbacks, mental fogginess and other symptoms may plague patients for a long time.
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Black Lives Matter protests did not cause an uptick in COVID-19 cases

Stay-at-home tendencies actually increased and the fullest look yet at the racial inequity of Coronavirus
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The coronavirus may not have originated in China, says Oxford professor

Dr. Tom Jefferson called for investigation into the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage, as traces have been found that pre-date China's first COVID-19 case.
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Vitamin D appears to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates

Patients with severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience severe complications, including death.
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The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide

Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2
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Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages

Negative correlation between BMI and age in 265 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in intensive care units in the USA.
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Respiratory therapists play critical role in treating COVID-19 patients

Discussion the role of the respiratory therapist from the time a patient presents with COVID-19 all the way through that patient's discharge.
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Coronavirus: How should the US higher education plan for an uncertain future?

With American campuses largely empty of students, higher-education leaders need to shift their thinking to what happens next.
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FDA Reiterates Importance of Close Patient Supervision for ‘Off-Label’ Use of Antimalarial Drugs to Mitigate Known Risks, Including Heart Rhythm Problems

U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Drug Safety Communication regarding known side effects of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, including serious and potentially life-threatening heart rhythm problems, that have been reported with their use for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19, for which they are not approved by the FDA.
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Is The U.S. Testing Enough For COVID-19? As Debate Rages On, Here's How To Know

Widespread testing is key to lifting social distancing and preventing more waves of COVID-19.
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Rolling updates on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Information about the COVID-19 pandemic from the World Health Organization (WHO) updated daily.
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COVID-19 Forecasts for the United States

Forecasts based on the use of statistical or mathematical models aim to predict changes in national and state level cumulative reported COVID-19 deaths for the next four weeks.
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Cities with strong social distancing see stronger economic recoveries

Researchers found that strongly limiting social and civic interactions helped cities record stronger economic growth once the restrictions were lifted.
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World Health Organization COVID-19 Mythbusters

Collected by the World Health Organization (WHO), this article offers these answers to frequently asked questions and myths surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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The coronavirus isn’t alive. That’s why it’s so hard to kill

The science behind what makes this coronavirus so sneaky, deadly and difficult to defeat. Viruses have spent billions of years perfecting the art of surviving without living — a frighteningly effective strategy that makes them a potent threat in today’s world.
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Arizona coronavirus cases connected to European strain, researchers believe

Researchers in Arizona analyzed the genetic makeup of more than 100 samples of the new coronavirus from patients with COVID-19.

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