Health

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams implored Americans to wear masks in public on Monday, saying the entire Trump administration, including the president, believes they are one of the most effective tools to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. But Adams failed to push for a mask mandate at the …

Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and a painful headache when her parents found her numb in her bed one morning last fall. Doctors finally diagnosed Sudbury, Massachusetts, 5, a resident with eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but severe mosquito-borne virus that causes brain inflammation. Garabedian survived …

About 65% of Walmart’s more than 5,000 stores, including Sam’s Club locations, are in areas where there is a government mandate to cover their faces. “To help provide consistency across stores and clubs, we will require all shoppers to wear a face covering beginning Monday, July 20,” said Walmart’s chief …

Earlier this year, Adams often warned that the practice resulted in increased face contact and contributed to a false sense of security. That advice has been rejected by administration officials, who are now all urging Americans to cover their faces in public. “We were wrong in February and March due …

Since the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019, researchers have tried to discover the impact children have when it comes to spreading the virus. It was first established that younger people are spared from a serious infection compared to older ones, and very few …