The group steered away from defined cutoff points such as "droplets" and "aerosols" that scientists have used to distinguish larger particles from smaller particles.
Study suggests medical masks may offer similar protecion as N95 respirators, but experts say hold on.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
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A Latin American study of children with COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal found higher rates of the disease among Latin/Hispanic children compared with other global estimates.
An HHS official says the US may ship 7.9 million doses to states next week if the Moderna vaccine is approved, including 5.9 million doses of Moderna's vaccine.
In just 6 months the virus killed an estimated 173,000 people, and in 5 months about 4,500 young adults.
US officials report new single-day highs in cases (247,403), hospitalizations (113,090), and deaths (3,656).
Only 62.4% of 16-month-old US children received the MMR vaccine from June to August, down from 72.0% before the pandemic.
A study published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) highlights factors that may increase the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, among US poultry facility workers—especially those who are foreign-born.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the US continue to climb.
COVID-19 patients had 4 times the risk of mechanical ventilation and double the risk of ICU care.
Experts estimate that nearly a fourth of the world's people may not have access to a vaccine till at least 2022.
About 2 in 10 US school districts have said they will continue, or are considering continuing, distance learning after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, citing student and parent demand, according to a Rand Corporation study released yesterday.