Health

For critics of aggressive stay-at-home orders, the solution seems clear: the economy will reopen and enough people will eventually be infected by the new coronavirus to achieve ‘herd immunity’, even before a vaccine is available. The idea is that eventually a sufficient percentage of the COVID-19 population will have survived …

When Joe Biden is ready to announce his running mate, a new national poll shows that the former vice president has a 10 percent lead over President Trump among registered voters. According to a poll released by Monmouth University on Tuesday, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee tops Republican commitment in …

Emergency Rescue Service (SAMU) nurse Belisa Marcelino checks the lungs of Maria Geralda da Silva, 84, who is suffering from shortness of breath and other symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, as preparation is being made for the patient transferred to a hospital amid the outbreak, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July …

President Donald Trump said he thinks college football would make a “tragic mistake” if the sport is not played this fall. Appearing Tuesday morning on Fox Sports Radio, Trump cited the youth and general health of college players as factors that will help them prevent the most serious symptoms of …

Some people get really sick of it COVID-19, and others do not. Nobody knows why. Now, a study by researchers at Stanford University of Medicine and other institutions has revealed immunological abnormalities and degenerations that appear to spell the difference between severe and mild cases of COVID-19. That difference may …