COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are falling and the number of new cases per day is about to dip below 100,000 for the first time in two months.
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are coming down again, hospitalizations are dropping, and new cases per day are about to dip below 100,000 for the first time in two months — all signs that the summer surge is waning.
Not wanting to lose momentum, government leaders and employers are looking to...
As the Delta variant continues to account for the vast majority of cases of COVID in the United States, Google Trends data shows users are asking if natural immunity could protect against what is proving to be the most virulent strain of the virus.
The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) currently estimates that the Delta variant is behind as much as 99.8 percent of the country's total COVID cases....
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant rise in mental distress around the world.
A recent study in the United States concludes that getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly improved mental health.
Specifically, the researchers investigated the link between receiving a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine and short-term improvements in mental health.
The results may help explain how pandemic-related...
On Thursday, Ana Amira Rivera celebrated her first birthday. But earlier this month, her mom worried her baby girl wouldn’t make it.
Ava woke up one night in early August with a fever and seizures. Estefani Lopez rushed her to the emergency room, where her daughter stopped breathing, going limp in her arms. The otherwise healthy baby was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Doctors stabilized Ava and said she needed to get immediately to...
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(CNN) America's vaccination pace is slowing, putting President Joe Biden's pledge for normality from July 4 in jeopardy.
To tackle the threat, Biden on Tuesday announced a strategic shift from mass vaccination drives to utilizing more...
Update: On April 26th, the White House announced that it will share 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other nations around the world after quality control inspections by the FDA.
This week, global health experts took to social media to ask the U.S. government why it hasn’t offered its stockpile of AstraZeneca vaccines to India. There are currently tens of millions of unused...
In the past month, more than 1,000 scientific, public health, and legal experts have joined a call to global leaders to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for low- and middle-income countries.
“The COVID-19 pandemic will not be over for us until it is over for everyone,” the authors wrote in an open letter.
Now, a health expert in Argentina argues in the BMJ that, on top of supply problems, Latin...
CINCINNATI — As COVID-19 vaccine distribution ramps up, questions remain about how doses will get out to the public.
CVS Health officials said they have the experience to get it done.
What the pharmacy chain has learned from administering flu shots and COVID-19 testing will help them get doses out quickly as states move into new phases.
"Retail pharmacies are the foundation of the approach here. Both because we...
A committee of leading U.S. vaccine scientists recommended Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration authorize the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans.
The endorsement paves the way for a final decision by the FDA and mass vaccinations to begin within days in thousands of front-line heath care workers and nursing home residents.
After an eight-hour public hearing, the independent Vaccines and Related Biological...
FILE - Ashley Ruiz gives herself a COVID-19 nasal swab test while sitting in a car at a drive-up CVS pharmacy in Dallas, Sept. 18, 2020.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday withdrew its statement from three days ago on how COVID-19 can spread through aerosolized droplets, saying it was posted "in error."
On Friday, the CDC posted an update to...