Almost a quarter of surveyed physicians say they’ve been personally attacked on social media or by other online means. That’s men and women alike, and in about equal ratios.

This new position paper is a collaboration between representatives from the European Society of Cardiology and International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

Until this week, the least densely populated continent was the only one of the world’s seven that looked like it might escape the COVID crisis unscathed. Now there are none.  

Official mandates to social distance during the COVID-conscious holidays are going to fall on many a deaf ear if they fail to respect a ubiquitous human impulse at the core of such annual celebrations. 

"Being vaccinated is an important step in prevention," one specialist said.

A few months into the COVID crisis, the health department of California’s Contra Costa County faced an unexpected side challenge: Staff were getting inundated by faxes bearing vital health data.

He had spent the last several months working around the clock to treat COVID-19 patients.

Locking down childcare over COVID-19 in a state whose programs serve more than half a million children a day would force 75% of families to work less and 59% to quit a job outright.