If you or your partner isn't feeling well or think you might have COVID-19 , don't kiss or have sex with each other until you're both feeling better. Also, if you or your partner is at higher risk of serious illness with COVID-19 due to an existing chronic condition, you might ...
If your symptoms are very mild, or even without fever, you will not be given the treatment for COVID-19. You will go home with cold pills. Do you really think it's worth the trip? Remember, the severe pneumonia caused by COVID-19 has a characteristic feature: dyspnea. This is a ve...
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People infected with the virus can be contagious and can spread it even if they don't have symptoms. If you have mild COVID-19 or have no symptoms, the CDC recommends isolation through day 5 (after symptoms appear or a positive test result) and wearing a mask through day 10. Those wit...
Public health officials say they are still studying COVID-19 but it appears that humans can pass it to pets, although it's not as likely that pets can pass it to humans. By understanding how coronavirus spreads, you can take the right steps so you don't get sick and infect others. (...
What should you do if you have confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and have a pet? If you have symptoms of COVID-19, get somebody else in your household to look after your pet and avoid touching or being close to your pet. If you have to look after your pet yourself: ...
WASHINGTON - Sensory symptoms, including loss of taste and smell, sometimes come with COVID-19, but a new study found that COVID-19 can also infect inner ear cells, causing hearing and balance issues in some COVID-19 patients. In the study, published Oct. 29, researchers at MIT...
Each person with coronavirus passes on the disease to an average of 2.25 other people. Here's how COVID-19 spreads and how you can protect yourself.
Ever since the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, began to infect people, it’s mutated and created variants. These mutations, or changes in the virus’s genes, can help it get past any defenses you've built up through infection or vaccination. Also, some variants have been more contagious, ...
Public health officials say they are still studying COVID-19 but it appears that humans can pass it to pets, although it's not as likely that pets can pass it to humans. By understanding how coronavirus spreads, you can take the right steps so you don't get sick and infect others. (...