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Share on PinterestA new study looks at how many people are admitted for COVID-19 treatment only after a second emergency room visit.The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest challenges that the global healthcare system has recently faced — the workforce has been spread thin, and many countries have reported shortages of beds in intensive…

live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.The team of researchers, led by Marien Hospital Herne and Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Herne, Germany, compared the T cell responses of 28 COVID-19 patients during the acute phase of the infection and after recovery in survivors. Of…

Coronavirus tests: which one should you take?New coronavirus tests are being developed every day. The Trump administration just ordered 150 million rapid antigen tests from Abbott Laboratories, but how do they stack up against other tests like the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test? Top infectious disease doctors from Harvard and Johns Hopkins break down the…

While lung scarring, heart and kidney damage may result from COVID-19, doctors and researchers are starting to clock the potential long-term impact of the virus on the brain also. And many “long-haulers,” or COVID-19 patients who have continued showing symptoms for months after the initial infection passed, report neurological problems such as confusion and difficulty…

July 22, 2020, 6:10 p.m. ETMost Americans recovering from Covid-19 can come out of isolation without further testing to show they no longer carry the coronavirus, federal health officials said on Wednesday.Instead, patients may be judged to have recovered if 10 days have passed since they first felt ill; they no longer have any symptoms,…