With nearly 30,000 active COVID-19 cases and a test positivity rate of 20% according to the city's dashboard, El Paso, TX, is averaging about 1,000 new cases a day.
Nancy Messonnier, MD, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, talks about the COVID vaccine rollout and having flu season in the middle of a pandemic.
F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE of Yale School of Medicine, talks about some of the most trusted online tracking resources for COVID-19 data and how to properly navigate their approaches.
As the coronavirus pandemic has affected almost every aspect of life, more Americans are experiencing anxiety and reaching out to the Crisis Text Line for help.
Expert Helen Neville, PhD, talks about microaggressions and how they can affect black people’s well-being.
For African-Americans, repeated instances of discrimination and racism inflict distress and can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, says an expert in racial trauma.
John J. Marini, MD, talks about lung problems in COVID patients and how doctors might need to adapt their treatment plans to improve outcomes for them.
One study experimentally infected a wide range of domestic animals with coronavirus and found that cats and ferrets can be infected with the virus and pass it other animals, too.
Emory infectious diseases expert Dr. Carlos del Rio talks about the difference between allergy and COVID-19 symptoms, whether social distancing is working, and if your takeout is safe.
As countries grapple with and react to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), experts question the quality of information that’s available to inform those decisions.
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