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Doctors knew antibiotics weren’t effective against the coronavirus, but they feared patients could develop life-threatening bacterial co-infections and used them anyway, raising concerns about antibiotic resistance. Dr. Jeffrey Strich, a researcher and physician at The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center sits down with Fox News Digital to explain how the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the mounting resistance to antibiotics and how this plight will raise the death toll in the United States.

Idaho health officials this week announced that the number of coronavirus cases linked to bars in downtown Boise doubled this week, increasing from 34 confirmed cases on Tuesday to 69 on Thursday. 

Florida health officials announced a new record on Thursday for the highest number of single-day coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, reports say.

A federal committee is working to tighten its nutritional guidelines, and now suggests limiting alcohol intake to one drink per day for men, down from two. 

Those who contract the novel coronavirus and recover may only have protective antibodies for a few months following a COVID-19 infection, according to a study published this week. 

New York kids have packed on an average of almost 10 lbs during the coronavirus lockdown, according to a new study.

A hospital in Ohio is reportedly seeing an increase in asymptomatic cases of the novel coronavirus in children. 

The findings from a new study may get you off your couch this summer and out walking the streets in your neighborhood. 

Despite increases in coronavirus cases in several states, Ohio has seen a plateau in new cases and even a decrease in hospitalizations. 

The World Health Organization on Thursday said it's hoping to produce a few hundred million coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of the year and up to 2 billion by the end of next year as pharmaceutical firms continue to search a vaccine, according to media reports. 

Officials in Maine are reconsidering the slated reopenings of bars over concerns that such establishments could be hotspots for the novel coronavirus. 

As the race intensifies for a vaccine against the new coronavirus, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get immunized first — leaving significant questions about whether developing countries will get any vaccines in time to save lives before the pandemic ends.

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The drug showed no benefit in terms of entry into intensive care or in terms of survival, the Italian Medicines Agency said.

A small outbreak of the novel coronavirus has reportedly hit Hawaii’s largest nursing home. 

A South Dakota company is preparing to start human trials of a pioneering coronavirus treatment derived from the plasma of cows, according to a report.

County health departments reported 4,134 cases on Wednesday, one outlet reported.

A team of scientists conducting a genetic analysis of coronavirus patients found that having a certain blood type may impact the risk you have of developing the illness, according to a study on Wednesday.

A Colorado woman was admitted to the hospital this week after testing positive for the coronavirus for a second time, according to a report.

Oregon will soon require face coverings while indoors for most of the public amid a recent rise in coronavirus cases, according to Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday.