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A small study strengthens evidence that a pregnant woman infected with the coronavirus might be able to spread it to her fetus.

Florida reported 120 coronavirus-related deaths Thursday, a record daily high for the Sunshine State since the pandemic began.

After Samuel Haltovsky, 63 of Brooklyn, NY., surfaced from a two-week hospital stay battling COVID-19-related pneumonia, his kidneys were in a dire state.

Many mental health experts have described clients’ increasing anxiety and depression amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, with many states pausing or rolling back reopenings, clinicians now worry about worsening episodes given mistrust, fear of the unknown and a perceived false sense of hope.

The widespread effects of COVID-19 include neurological disorders, and one study recently found that a fatal, inflammatory brain condition is increasing in prevalence due to the pandemic.

Health experts have stressed the importance of wearing masks to limit the possibility of infections others with COVID-19, but a range of new research now suggests they also protect the wearer, according to a report Monday.

Obesity can lend itself to a greater severity of illness from COVID-19, due to comorbidities like diabetes, high blood pressure and a weaker immune system, doctors say. 

Of the many domestic meat and poultry processing facilities that have reported COVID-19 outbreaks, 87 percent of infections occurred in minorities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

After 239 experts around the world urged WHO to greater acknowledge the risk of airborne transmission to COVID19, the agency is saying there is "emerging evidence."

With the coronavirus spiking in a number of states, a group of Texas doctors has released a ranked list on how risky certain activities are when it comes to contracting COVID-19.

A top World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday that the coronavirus is continuing to increase around the globe, noting that the spike in cases over the last month and a half means there could be a spike in deaths.

Intensive care units in 43 Florida hospitals have reached capacity as the state grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, according to data released Tuesday by the state's Agency for Health Administration.

A Brazilian man may have cleared an HIV infection after initial findings showed a combination of drugs may have flushed the virus from his body, according to multiple reports.

Some children with a rare multisystem inflammatory response to COVID-19 may experience neurological symptoms, a recent UK study found. 

Officials also announced three more COVID-19 related deaths among inmates at San Quentin prison, raising the total death count to six.

Health officials have been optimistic on herd immunity

A Florida teenager who died of the coronavirus attended a party at a church with 100 others just two weeks before her death, a report said Monday.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that it has approved the first two surface disinfectant products, both made by Lysol, against the novel coronavirus.

Texas reported 8,698 coronavirus hospitalizations on Monday, a record for the eighth consecutive day, according to government figures.

A British immunologist warned Monday that immunity to the coronavirus could be " rather short-lived" and individuals shouldn't rely on that alone to cope with the infectious disease.