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Individuals with autism have increased health risks even when considering lifestyle factors

Individuals With Autism at Risk for Other Health Conditions

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Risk higher compared with the general population even after controlling for smoking, alcohol use, BMI
As the U.S. COVID-19 case count neared 200

COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 200,000 in the United States

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Conceivable that death toll could reach 300,000 if Americans start to relax social distancing measures
AstraZeneca is the latest drug company to release details about human tests of its COVID-19 vaccine in response to public demand for such information. Americans have increasing doubts about a COVID-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca Releases COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Plans

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Serious neurological illnesses have led the company to halt its trials twice
New U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website guidelines suggesting that the new coronavirus can be transmitted by tiny droplets over a distance greater than six feet and that indoor ventilation is crucial to prevent its spread were removed from the agency's website late Monday morning.

CDC Removes New COVID-19 Guidelines Just Days After Posting Them

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Updated guidelines were posted Friday but removed Monday because they were posted in error
Nearly half of all school employees meet the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition for increased or potentially increased risk for severe COVID-19

Many School Employees at Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19

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Between 33.9 and 44.2 million of all adults with risk factors for severe COVID-19 have links to schools
Adult obesity is increasing

CDC: Adult Obesity Increasing, Tied to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes

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Racial and ethnic disparities in obesity reported, with highest prevalence for non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics
An inflammation-fighting medicine was associated with reduced use of ventilators among COVID-19 patients

Drug May Reduce Need for Ventilators in COVID-19 Patients

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85 percent of study population was Hispanic, Black, Native American, other ethnic or racial minorities
New details surfaced on Thursday on an unexplained neurological condition that struck a volunteer who was participating in AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine trial.

Details Emerge on Unexplained Illness in AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

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Healthy 37-year-old woman 'experienced confirmed transverse myelitis' after receiving second dose of vaccine
Some Michigan residents are being told to stay indoors after dark and protect themselves from mosquito bites as the state tries to contain the spread of the rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease Eastern equine encephalitis.

Warning Issued on Potentially Deadly Mosquito-Borne Virus in Michigan

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Suspected case of EEE in a resident of Barry County was announced earlier this week by state officials
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Sept. 14 to 18

Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup

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Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...