The unexpected success of the market can be attributed to a small group of ‘stay-at-home’ stocks such as Zoom and Amazon, which have become a significant part of the S&P 500.
With a limited supply of vaccine doses, health officials must prioritize recipients to ensure the most at-risk and essential workers are receiving vaccinations.
Fauci, who is also a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, touched on six main topics regarding the virus in his talk — epidemiology, virology, transmission, clinical manifestations, therapeutics and vaccines.
Science literacy is the ability to gather information, from sources like Facebook or the news, do homework on that information and then decide to agree or disagree.
According to University physicians, there are risks associated with using dexamethasone to treat mild COVID-19 cases and that it should mainly be reserved for those with severe cases as the steroid can cause the immune system to overwork, which can be fatal.
Not only could colder weather perpetuate the virus by increasing indoor congregation and naturally weakening the immune system, but identical viral symptoms seen in COVID-19 and influenza may cause confusion in diagnoses.
Virginia ranked second throughout the U.S. for emergency public health preparedness.
No matter the timelines or outcomes of COVID-19 research, scientists say the important thing to take home is that this is not going to be the last pandemic, and we will need to apply current research to other ones in the future.
The study was conducted among COVID-19 patients hospitalized in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and found a higher rate of death among patients who took hydroxychloroquine, either alone or in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin.
With constant access to news and social media feeds full of coronavirus-related posts, it is almost inevitable for people to encounter fears and stressors when trying to sleep at night, especially as technology use has increased for many.
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