CHICAGO — President Biden’s COVID diagnosis came as a surprise to many, but it comes amid an increase in reports of positive cases.
Dr. Brian Borah, the Medical Director for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance at the Chicago Department of Public Health, joined WGN News on Friday to discuss the diagnosis and the recent uptick in summer COVID cases.
For Friday, July 19, WGN’s Medical Reporter Dina Bair has the latest on new information including the following.
- Some new insight into what causes Autism. Changes in a father’s sperm are linked to Autistic traits in their children.
- Genes may play a role in opioid addiction and the results of a new study may help in the development of better treatments for opioid use disorder.
- And a deadly eating disorder may start in the gut.