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Nearly 90 percent of COVID-19 patients who lose their sense of smell or taste or both after becoming infected will see these symptoms begin to resolve within a few weeks....Read More

Americans opting to stay at home even before their local officials imposed social distancing restrictions likely stemmed the spread of COVID-19 in many parts of the country, according to an analysis in the Lancet....Read More

Official counts of COVID-19 cases in the United States may underestimate deaths by as much as 28 percent, according to an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Internal Medicine....Read More

Facing racial discrimination increases risk for high blood pressure among black Americans, according to a study published Wednesday by the journal Hypertension....Read More

The COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. will continue to “get worse before it gets better,” but the situation might improve as clinicians gain better understanding of how to treat the virus until there’s a vaccine or...

Children born to mothers who suffered from depression during or after pregnancy are nearly twice as likely as others to develop the mental health disorder later in life....Read More

Low to moderate alcohol consumption may actually improve memory and cognitive function, according to a study published Monday by JAMA Network Open....Read More

Chinese officials announced Monday that they have approved a new COVID-19 vaccine for immediate use by military personnel. The vaccine, called Ad5-nCoV, is currently being evaluated in clinical trials....Read More

People allergic to penicillin are nearly twice as likely to receive a less-effective antibiotic with more side effects when hospitalized than those who are not allergic to the drug....Read More

Head injuries experienced while young may increase a person’s risk for depression and dementia decades later, according to a study published Friday by the journal Neurology....Read More