A study published in JAMA looked at household secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and found the estimated overall household secondary attack rate was 16.6%, higher than that for SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
To investigate outcomes after initial hospitalization for COVID-19 patients, a group of researchers measured the rate and reasons of readmission and the rate of death after discharge among patients in the nationwide Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.
The results of a SARS-CoV-2 universal screening program conducted at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, showed over a third of pregnant women screened for COVID-19 tested positive.
Deaths in every state of the U.S. are higher this year than expected according to an analysis from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 356,000 more people have died than usual since COVID-19 began.
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