Disease

Coverage of infectious and chronic diseases — their causes, mechanisms, epidemiology, prevention strategies, and the latest science on how the body fights back.

Understanding the interactions of infectivity and susceptibility lies at the heart of understanding how COVID-19 spreads through our society and may be a key to safely returning to social mingling.
There are any number of ways to measure the value of physicians’ advice for preventative measures, the current study’s outcome was years free of chronic illness.
There is typically nothing useful or entertaining about epidemiological studies. Not this time.
All the COVID-19 statistics are a bit circumspect, counting tests, admissions, deaths, ICU stays, ventilators during a pandemic is genuinely like trying to fix the airplane while you are flying.
The COVID-19 pandemic, which is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, has killed more than 300,000 worldwide and completely disrupted normal life on most of the planet.
The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has been the source of never-ending surprises, all of which have been very bad.
Like any screening test, the unreliability of  COVID-19 antibodies tests, as measured by the number of false positives increases as the incidence of the disease within the screening population decreases.
# Reprinted with permission. Dr. Singer's original article can be found here.
As of today, the American death toll from COVID-19 stands at more than 69,000, according to Johns Hopkins.