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Life expectancy data underscore the importance of state policies.Share on PinterestResearch indicates that state laws and approaches have a bearing on average life expectancy. Image credit: BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images.“Americans die younger than people in other high-income countries,” says Prof. Jennifer Karas Montez, a sociologist at Syracuse University, in New York, and the lead…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday evening said it has updated its guidance on coronavirus-related isolation, which reflects the latest science showing that people can continue to test positive for COVID-19 for up to three months after diagnosis while being non-infectious. But, the CDC also warned, that does not mean those…

Just how contagious is someone who has contracted COVID-19 — yet displays no symptoms — and what makes them asymptomatic while other people suffer so terribly with the disease?This study, published in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine this week, provides one theory for the first question. It isolated 303 patients with COVID-19 in a…

Approximately 7,800 people were evacuated Saturday.

Medical officials said you should get tested for COVID-19 even if you're not showing symptoms. HOUSTON — Houston's elected officials are begging people to get tested for COVID-19 as the city saw four consecutive days of increased daily new cases. The Houston Health Department reported 1,456 new cases and 14 newly reported coronavirus deaths on…