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The updates are intended to prevent unnecessarily long isolation and excessive use of lab tests.

A study out of South Korea found higher rates of COVID-19 transmission among older school-aged children.

After mosquitoes recently tested positive for West Nile Virus near Austin, Texas, one public health professional was concerned that the medical community would overlook the illness amid the coronavirus pandemic.

For the first time in a decade, the Florida Keys is experiencing its first outbreak of a potentially life-threatening mosquito-borne virus. 

A long-term diet low in carbohydrates and rich in plant-based fats and proteins may lower the risk of a common subtype of glaucoma, researchers say.

Beware of these 75 methanol-containing hand sanitizers, the FDA recently warned.

Dr. Michael Saag spends much of his time treating patients fighting for their lives and working with colleagues who are overwhelmed and exhausted by the relentless battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday reissued an emergency use authorization to Quest Diagnostics to authorize a coronavirus test with pooled samples.

The majority of employed respondents expect to work remotely for the rest of the year.

A total of 85 babies under the age of 1 have tested positive for the coronavirus in a single Texas county as of Friday, according to multiple reports.

The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced it will distribute $10 billion in a second round of COVID-19 high impact area funding to hospitals starting next week.

A 24-year-old Texas woman was recently discharged from the hospital after spending nearly 80 days fighting for her life after contracting the novel coronavirus. 

A Florida woman reportedly died of COVID-19 after being sent home from the hospital without having received a test for the novel coronavirus despite showing signs of the illness, her family claims. 

World Health Organization (WHO) officials raised concern on Thursday over the growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid critical funding gaps.

A human has been infected with the bubonic plague for the first time in Colorado since 2015. 

Schools should prioritize full-time in-person instruction this fall for children in K-5 and those with special needs, according to a report from a national panel of experts. 

Bug spray, swollen welts, citronella. It’s mosquito season. But this year, because of COVID-19, the mosquitoes will fly free.

A dog in South Carolina had to be euthanized after it tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Clemson University.

Uniform mask-wearing at one hair salon in Missouri may have prevented nearly 140 clients from contracting the novel coronavirus from two hairstylists infected with the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Low-dose radiation therapy to the lungs was shown to speed recovery in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with pneumonia, a new study found.