Month: August 2020

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- USC researchers have found the likely order in which COVID-19 symptoms first appear. The findings show that infected people will likely experience fever, then cough and muscle pain, followed by nausea, and/or vomiting, and diarrhea. Knowing the order of COVID-19's symptoms may help patients seek care promptly or decide sooner than later to self isolate, according to scientists at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience. The information may also help doctors rule out other illnesses, or help doctors plan how to treat patients, and perhaps intervene earlier in the disease. WATCH: Alyssa Milano describes excruciating COVID-19 symptoms The study, which was published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, was led by doctoral candidate Joseph Lars...

US Customs and Border Protection agents check a vehicle as commuters queue to cross the Mexican border towards the US at the Otay commercial crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on July 7. Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images The United States has confirmed the US and Mexico and the US and Canada will extend shared border restrictions through Sept. 21, according to a tweet from Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. "We continue to work with our Canadian and Mexican partners to slow the spread of #COVID19. Accordingly, we have agreed to extend the limitation of non-essential travel at our shared land ports of entry through September 21," Wolf's tweet read.   Mexico's Foreign Ministry also tweeted about the extension earlier Friday saying, "After reviewing ...

A fan wears a neck gaiter as he watches the L.A. Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles. Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A fan wears a neck gaiter as he watches the L.A. Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles. Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images ...

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A study in 26 nursing homes in the Netherlands, demonstrating that families can visit without causing new Covid infections, has encouraged advocates. Perhaps, they say, in areas with low community infection rates, when facilities have sufficient protective equipment and testing capacity, family caregivers can be cautiously reintroduced. But many long-term-care facilities still can’t meet those conditions. Dr. Bergman, whose group expects to publish its recommendations next month, pointed out that some still report shortages of protective equipment, particularly N95 masks in appropriate sizes. In many regions, bottlenecks in testing have so delayed results that they are useless for screening visitors. Moreover, Dr. Karlawish said, “one thing that haunts long-term care is fear of litigation...