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health and economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus.Experts have frequently compared the current health crisis to the 1918 pandemic, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. A new report by Kristian Blickle, an economist at the New York Fed, suggests that along with high death tolls and an economic downturn, the 1918 flu also correlated with the rise…

Three patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles who displayed symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease, a rare condition that can weaken blood vessels in children, have tested positive for antibodies against the novel coronavirus, indicating a potential link between the little-understood syndrome and the virus, according to a doctor who studies Kawasaki disease.Recently, doctors in Los…

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Physicians in New York City, which still leads the nation in reported COVID-19 cases, are reporting significantly more acute, large vessel strokes in young adults infected with COVID-19. In a rapid communication to be published online April 29 in the New England…

Image copyright CLAUDIO REYES Image caption The Harvard research suggests Covid-19 death rates in the US rose where there was a high concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) High levels of air pollution could raise the risk of dying from Covid-19, two studies suggest.Dr Maria Neira, of the World Health Organization (WHO), told BBC News…