CDC Evidence Used To Update The List Of Underlying Medical Conditions That Increase A Person’s Risk Of Severe Illness From COVID-19

The document was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 25, 2020. It updates the CDC's list of underlying medical conditions that put individuals at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19. The risk designations were based on published reports, articles in press, unreviewed pre-prints, and internal data available between December 1, 2019 and May 29, 2020. Severe illness from COVID-19 was defined as hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit, intubation or mechanical ventilation, or death . . .