It's the first and only drug shown to be effective against the novel coronavirus in a rigorous trial. Its effects are modest but significant -- shortening a patient's hospital stay by about four days. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist, has called it the new "standard of care" for Covid-19.
It's National Teacher Appreciation Week, and there's rarely been a more important time to be grateful for their hard work. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta highlights some teachers' struggles and creative adaptations during a pandemic.
As many as 75,000 Americans could die because of drug or alcohol misuse and suicide as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an analysis conducted by the national public health group Well Being Trust.
Coronavirus can be found in the semen of men infected with the virus, Chinese researchers reported in a study that raises the question of sexual transmission.
States across the country continued Thursday to work toward reopening as researchers said the novel coronavirus has been deadlier in the United States than the seasonal flu.
Health care workers on the front lines are risking not only their lives, but also their mental and emotional well-being. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with Dr. Steven McDonald, an emergency room doctor in New York, about the psychological toll of his everyday reality.
The Trump administration will not implement the CDC's 17-page draft recommendation for reopening America, a senior CDC official confirmed to CNN Thursday. CNN's Athena Jones reports.
A growing number of children are showing up at New York hospitals with troubling new symptoms that state health officials believe could be linked to coronavirus.
Mythmaking and swordplay are among the usual activities at Camp Half-Blood, which operates day camps in several mid-Atlantic states, including New York and New Jersey.
Although the new coronavirus has been spreading through the United States for months, and there are cities seeing a flattening of the curve, some areas of the country have recently begun to find an uptick of cases.
In hospitals around the world, doctors are shaking their heads in disbelief as they watch Covid-19 patients who should be comatose or "seizing" from hypoxia -- a lack of oxygen in the body's tissues -- check social media, chat with nurses and barely complain of discomfort while breathing.
Deciding whether or not it's worth it to go to the hospital during the coronavirus pandemic is complicated. For public health reasons, hospitals and clinics are expanding telehealth options. But for some acute complaints, the trip is still necessary.
