Some health experts warn the United States may be on the cusp of another Covid-19 surge if Americans aren't careful -- just as the country races to vaccinate more people. There are two key things the US can do to…
Months after the killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests, additional videos of the agonizing moments surrounding his death have been released.During this week's trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer facing charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and…
Jessamyn Smyth hopes that two shots in the arm may be what finally delivers her from a year in which the lasting effects of Covid-19 wreaked chaos in her life.Smyth says that after coming down with an acute infection in…
More than 4 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine were reported administered in the past 24 hours, setting a new record and bringing the seven-day average to more than 3 million a day, the US Centers for Disease Control and…
The UK's medicines regulator has said that at least 30 people in the United Kingdom have experienced rare types of blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, but warned it was too early to know whether the shot itself triggered…
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released a highly anticipated update to travel guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, eliminating some testing and quarantine recommendations.Fully vaccinated people can travel at low risk to…
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely gather for Easter on Sunday -- both indoors and without masks, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Twitter.It's still recommended, however, that individuals who are not…
In many ways, Kevin "Knox" Johnson III is just like most 8-year-olds.The kid enjoys building marble runs. He's obsessed with knock-knock jokes. In school, he excels at math and learning languages. He also loves to sing along to musicals, and…
Millions of Americans have been vaccinated against Covid-19, and more are getting vaccinated every day. But that doesn't mean the US can let its guard down, health officials say.More than 100 million people in the United States have received at…
Investigators are looking into an outbreak of salmonella infections in 19 people that could be associated with sick or dead birds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Infections have occurred in eight states, including California, Tennessee, and New…
Johnson & Johnson said Thursday it still expects to meet its commitments for the promised delivery of an additional 24 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine in April, even after a quality problem at one of the company's contract manufacturers.The…
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, policy decisions in Florida have been among the most extreme -- often among the first, the only or the few. Florida was one of the first states to roll back capacity restrictions on restaurants and bars…
At first, the thermometer read 101. But when Ricardo Ramirez arrived in the emergency department it just kept rising. He began pleading for his life, begging the fully gowned, gloved, and masked strangers to give him something to stop the…
At the headquarters of biotechnology company Novavax, scientists are developing what they hope could soon be another Covid-19 vaccine for the United States and the world.Data from the company's large-scale Phase 3 clinical trial of the vaccine in the US…
With millions more Americans getting vaccinated every day, some have complained about fever, fatigue and other ailments they weren't expecting.Don't panic, doctors say. Side effects from Covid-19 vaccines won't last long. And they're actually proof that your immune system is…
To play during the pandemic, Major League Baseball has stepped up to the plate.The league is using coronavirus tests in a new way that allows them to determine not only if a player has Covid-19 but also if a variant…
The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection remains high for at least six months after the second dose, the companies said Thursday.Protection likely lasts even longer than that, vaccine experts say, but they say…
Virtual dating is hard.It can seem nearly impossible to make a genuine connection while constrained to the flat rectangle of a video screen, but one retired FBI agent knows there is still a lot that people can glean from a…
How's it going in that boiling lobster pot of stress?The last year of living in a pandemic has stretched human coping skills so thin that experts fear many of us may soon snap, leaving people around the world coping with…
Thousands of cases of the B.1.1.7 strain have been reported across the United States, and experts fear the variant could drive another Covid-19 surge as states race to get ahead and vaccinate.The strain, first spotted in the United Kingdom, isn't…
