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Rare neurological disorder, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, linked to COVID-19
As if the symptoms of COVID-19 were not disturbing enough, physicians have noted a rare neurological condition that emerges during some severe cases of this viral infection.
U.S. to withdraw from World Health Organization
In the midst of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, United States President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the country from the World Health Organization.
Lessons from the 1918 pandemic: A U.S. city's past may hold clues
How politicians and the public in Denver, Colorado handled the 1918 flu epidemic is relevant to today.
Group testing for coronavirus – called pooled testing – could be the fastest and cheapest way to increase screening nationwide
Screening multiple samples with a single test gets more people diagnosed using fewer supplies. Two health policy researchers explain how it works and how it could help the U.S.
Mexico closes border before holiday weekend
The border between Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, has been closed starting Saturday, to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Dear Dietitian – Are there healthier ways to eat fast food?
Fast food can be convenient, inexpensive - and loaded with calories. Is there a healier way to eat it?
Which drugs and therapies are proven to work, and which ones don't, for COVID-19?
The search for drugs and therapies to treat the COVID-19 coronavirus continues, and a few are proving to be helpful.
The US isn't in a second wave of coronavirus – the first wave never ended
The U.S. is experiencing a sharp increase in the number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases a day, and by late June, had surpassed the peak rate of spread in early April.
COVID-19 messes with Texas: What went wrong, and what other states can learn as younger people get sick
Texas had lower COVID-19 rates and case counts than many other large states through most of the spring. What happened, and what can be done to turn it around now?