Disease

sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter. As governors across the country reopen their states’ economies, policymakers are relying on disease models for help in predicting where new coronavirus cases may surge as stay-at-home orders expire. “The math is unfortunately pretty simple,” said Jeffrey Shaman, a leading epidemiologist at Columbia University. “It’s not a…

The rare Kawasaki-like inflammatory disease potentially linked to coronavirus has sickened at least 52 kids in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. “We’re seeing something that’s very troubling,” de Blasio said during his daily press briefing, as he called the new cases of the illness “sobering” and “frightening.” The mystery disease, formally…

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Columbia University infectious diseases expert Jeffrey Shaman predicted Sunday that the U.S. will see a growth in coronavirus cases in coming weeks as some states loosen restrictions.Shaman said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Trump administration officials have not taken full advantage of the past eight weeks of near-total lockdowns, saying that the period would have…

The young patients began showing up in the emergency room with strange symptoms about two weeks ago.Red eyes. Fevers that lasted for days. Low blood pressure.At least five children, ages 6 to 12, have arrived at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital in New Brunswick since late April with symptoms mirroring Kawasaki disease, an illness that causes…