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Elevated body mass index, a measure that identifies people who are overweight or obese, raises the risk for severe COVID-19 and admission to intensive care units among African-Americans, according to a study....Read More

Children at schools and day-care centers with strong COVID-19 infection prevention controls in place have low levels of virus transmission, according to a study published Monday by The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health....Read More

Effective testing and contact tracing is essential for schools and day-care centers to safely reopen during COVID-19 pandemic, a study published Monday by The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health found....Read More

Children who have been abused or exposed to violence while young age faster than those who haven’t experienced these traumas, according to a study published Monday by the journal Psychological Bulletin....Read More

Front-line healthcare workers in the United States and Britain were more than three times as likely to report a positive COVID-19 test during the first few weeks of the pandemic, an analysis published by The Lancet...

Nearly half of the children and staff at an overnight camp held in Georgia in June tested positive for COVID-19, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More

Colleges across the United States can safely reopen in the fall in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic if they test students every two days using rapid, inexpensive kit that is at least 70% accurate. a...

More than 93,000 Americans die annually from alcohol-related causes — 255 per day — according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More

Ninety percent or more of people undergoing total knee or hip replacement in 2017 received a prescription for an opioid pain reliever within 60 days of their surgery, up from 82% three years earlier....Read More

Young children with mild or moderate COVID-19 might have the same or higher amounts of virus in their upper respiratory tracts as older children and adults, a study published Thursday by JAMA Pediatrics found....Read More