“There are two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York City. One new patient is a man in his 40s, and one new patient is a woman in her 80s. Neither patient has a connection to travel nor any of the other local individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. Both are currently hospitalized and in the intensive […]
By Elizabeth Chuck, MSN As the novel coronavirus spreads around the globe, sickening more than 90,000 people and killing about 3,000, doctors have noticed something curious: Very few children have been diagnosed with it. And of those who have, most have had mild cases. In China, where the outbreak started, children comprise just 2.4 percent of all reported […]
By BBC  Covid-19 – the coronavirus previously unknown to science – has been causing severe lung disease in China and has also been confirmed in other countries, including the UK. With many having died from the outbreak, and with no sign of it stopping soon, the BBC’s medical correspondent Fergus Walsh assesses how worried […]
By BBC  If I’m worried about catching coronavirus, should I wear a face mask? Rachel Burden spoke to the BBC’s health correspondent Fergus Walsh and Professor Sian Griffiths from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.