See more headlines from our Daily Covid Briefing Japan’s Secret to Taming the Coronavirus: Peer Pressure The country has never mandated masks or vaccinations, but it’s evaded the worst of Covid, thank

The United States’ newly dominant Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, are evading vaccine and infection-acquired immunity, scientists have found. The subvariants recently caused a fresh wave of infect

With millions of people out of the workforce due to Long COVID, and millions more who will likely be permanently disabled by Long COVID within the next year or two, it’s inevitable that staff shortage

I interviewed a few people in the cybersecurity industry who have been greatly harmed in the COVID pandemic. Frank Barton is a cybersecurity-minded sysadmin in the higher education sector. He has been

(CNN) Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 appear to escape antibody responses among both people who had previous Covid-19 infection and those who have been fully vaccinated and boosted, according to new

Myth: “COVID is over!” Fact: According to John Hopkins University data , as of June 16th, 2022, daily new confirmed COVID cases are increasing in the United States, Germany, France, Brazil, the UK, an

9 min read · Jun 16, 2022 -- I have a rare advantage when it comes to communicating COVID information to cybersecurity people — I speak your language. IT and computer science jargon is to my cybersecu

6 min read · Jun 16, 2022 -- Note: This piece ended up being over 10,000 words, way longer than I had anticipated. So now it’s a series, published all at once. I decided to split it up into multiple p

Published 10 June 2022 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images The US will no longer require air travellers to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test before ente

Published 26 November 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, PA Media Travellers arriving in England from several southern African countries will have to quarantine ami

Published 6 December 2021 comments Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent @JamesTGallagher We're back in fam

British experts have sounded the alarm over a new Covid variant believed to have emerged in Botswana that is the most mutated version of the virus yet. Only 10 cases of the strain, which could eventua

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Despite a recent push from dozens of lawmakers for the United States to add a vaccination requirement on domestic flights, the prospect of a federal mandate is looking slim. During an interview Sunday

Published 20 November 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Reuters Image caption, The WHO said an increase in mask wearing could immediately help The World Health Org

The UK has expanded eligibility for Covid-19 booster shots to people in their 40s in an attempt to stave off waning immunity and reduce the risk of the NHS being overwhelmed this winter. Children aged

While federal officials continue to limit who can receive a coronavirus booster shot, a growing number of governors from both political parties and other officials are circumventing that guidance to o

But community workers have responded by telling local media there’s no treatment available for animals and euthanasia was the only option. “If the animal tests positive, then they cannot move back and

Anxious about a surge of coronavirus infections enveloping Europe as cases tick up in the United States, senior health officials in the Biden administration are pressing urgently to offer vaccine boos

Illustration by João Fazenda The coronavirus pandemic in the United States appears, for the moment, to be in retreat. Since the start of September, daily cases have dropped by a third, and daily hospi

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to head off a Dec. 8 deadline imposed by the Biden administration for federal contractors to get vaccinated. Credit... Calvin Knight/The Ledger, via Associated Pres

Published 28 October 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic Image source, Getty Images By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Double jabbed people are catching C

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added mood disorders to the list of conditions that put people at high risk for severe coronavirus cases recently, clinicians were not surprised. Th

Researchers have uncovered a lively trade online in the sale of fake vaccination records and passports. COVID-19 prompted panic buying and price hikes for basic necessities worldwide when the pandemic

After another brutal spike in coronavirus cases and deaths this summer — fueled by the Delta variant — infections are declining in the United States, down 50 percent from their peak in September. Expe

Published 19 October 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Officials are keeping a close watch on a new

Published 21 October 2021 comments Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A patient receives Covid care in Tunisia Covid has severely affected he

A drop in infections offers hope that the end of the pandemic is in sight. The virus may have something to say about that. October 18, 2021 at 4:45 p.m. EDT Coronavirus infections are down across much

Morrison, 70, did not have dementia. He had COVID-19 . Since his diagnosis in April 2020, Morrison, a health care administrator, has experienced a mysterious and mercifully brief loss of orientation f

Welcome to Kentucky road sign at the state border getty Update: This article was edited to mention that R.1 is no longer spreading significantly in the United States. This version highlights the R.1 v

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Some health care officials have said a recent increase in hospitalizations has put a strain on local hospitals. With 17 new COVID-19 hospitalizations reported by state health offici

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry reported 1,009 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest since April last year. A recent rise in cases after the relaxation of some COVID-19 measures

See more headlines from our Daily Covid Briefing Covid-stricken Alabama had more deaths than births last year, a first in its recorded history. “Our state literally shrunk in 2020,” said Dr. Scott Har

New Study of Covid Booster Shots Fans Debate Over Benefits Independent experts, including government scientists, were skeptical of the research from Israel, which included limited data over a short pe

Enlarge / The Food and Drug Administration headquarters in White Oak, Maryland. Getty | Congressional Quarterly Two leading vaccine regulators who had previously announced their resignations from the

Unwilling to Wait for Approval, Some Healthy Americans Seek Booster Shots Many who feel they need more coronavirus protection have managed to obtain an extra dose. “I did feel bad about it. But I didn

This pandemic will eventually be over, and the Delta surge—in which most of those not yet vaccinated against the coronavirus could become infected—may well be America’s last destructive wave. But just

The Editorial Board Biden Is Right: Vaccine Refusal ‘Has Cost All of Us’ Sept. 10, 2021 Credit... Kristian Thacker for The New York Times By The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose