U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination Nursing home residents and health care workers will most likely be the first to get booster shots, as soon as September, followed

Updated at 5:10 p.m. ET on August 18, 2021 I n September 2020 , just before COVID-19 began its wintry surge through the United States, I wrote that the country was trapped in a pandemic spiral, seemin

Published 6 August 2021 Share page About sharing Image source, Getty Images US news network CNN has sacked three employees for going into an office without having been vaccinated against Covid, US med

WASHINGTON — The United States could see a wave of Covid-19 vaccine mandates as soon as the Food and Drug Administration grants full approval to one or more of the shots, public health experts predict

Seven months after the first coronavirus shots were rolled out, vaccinated Americans — including government, business and health leaders — are growing frustrated that tens of millions of people are st

Abstract Background There is growing concern about possible cognitive consequences of COVID-19, with reports of ‘Long COVID’ symptoms persisting into the chronic phase and case studies revealing neuro

In the United States, this pandemic could’ve been over by now, and certainly would’ve been by Labor Day. If the pace of vaccination through the summer had been anything like the pace in April and May,

Published 21 July 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Reuters Image caption, Plans for a Covid health pass have proved controversial A new Covid health pass has come

Dr. Brytney Cobia said Monday that all but one of her COVID patients in Alabama did not receive the vaccine. The vaccinated patient, she said, just needed a little oxygen and is expected to fully reco

Covid’s Lambda Variant: Worth Watching, but No Cause for Alarm Spreading fast in South America, the variant is still a mystery. No one knows whether it is more contagious than other variants or if it

NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - Infectious disease experts are weighing the need for booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech (PFE.N) , or Moderna (MRNA.O) mRNA-based vaccines for Americans who received Joh

People wear face masks in Central Park on April 10, 2021 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Friday urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks, so

World Parts of Sydney lock down, Israeli government brings back indoor masking; India warns of new mutation in challenge to Covid-19 pandemic controls By Dov Lieber in Tel Aviv, Rhiannon Hoyle in Sydn

Outbreaks of the delta variant at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary are sparking concern as some with both doses of the vaccine are still getting affected with the variant. "We're scared, very c

Published 31 May 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, PA Media Image caption, Twickenham Stadium has been turned into a vaccine walk-in centre for a day, including ov

Guest Essay Covid’s Deadliest Phase May Be Here Soon May 28, 2021 By Dr. Tufekci is a contributing Opinion writer who has extensively examined the Covid-19 pandemic. 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 If world leaders d

Two weeks ago, for the first time in a year, I intentionally walked out of my front door without a mask. I didn’t even have one in my pocket. I have been vaccinated and was planning to be outdoors onl

Published 1 March Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The lab-leak theory has been strongly rejected by China More than three years after Covi

Published 27 May 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Media caption, "If there is real evidence then I think the responsibility of the US is to share it" - WHO virologist Marion Ko

Published 23 July 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images The Tokyo Olympic Games are under way, with thousands of athletes set to compete. Organisers say t

Published 26 May 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Reuters Several French social media influencers say they have received a mysterious financial offer to spread ne

C.D.C. Will Not Investigate Mild Infections in Vaccinated Americans At least 10,000 vaccinated people were infected with the coronavirus through the end of April. Now the agency has stopped pursuing t

BioNTech SE said on Thursday the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Pfizer should be roughly as effective against the new coronavirus variant first detected in India as it has been shown to be against

What Would It Take to Vaccinate the World Against Covid? When President Biden joined a push to set aside patents for Covid shots, he entered a roiling debate over how to ensure poor countries get enou

Yankees’ Virus Case Count Rises to Seven The team announced that three coaches and four support staff members had tested positive as breakthrough cases ahead of Wednesday’s win over Tampa Bay. The Yan

Published 11 May 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The WHO has classified the coronavirus variant first found in India last year as a "

watch now VIDEO 1:37 01:37 Triple-mutant Covid variant from India is now a potential global health risk News Videos A World Health Organization official said Monday it is reclassifying the highly cont

New Delhi: Israel’s Ministry of Health has warned of community transmission by the double mutant strain, also known as the Indian variant or B.1.617, after it found 41 cases in the country, 17 of whom

Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here

Published 7 May 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Reuters Image caption, A coronavirus variant first identified in India is being investigated by scientists across

Christy Zahrt receiving the Pfizer vaccine at California State University, Northridge, in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Credit... Allison Zaucha for The New York Times The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccin

Genomic surveillance programs have let scientists track the coronavirus over the course of the pandemic. By testing patient samples, researchers are able to diagnose COVID-19. But they’re also able to

Individuals who receive the Moderna vaccine are more likely to experience post-vaccine reactions and side effects, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows. Publis

Classed as a 'protease inhibitor', it has been formulated to attack the "spine" of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and stop it replicating in our nose, throats and lungs Pfizer is creating a pill that if success

Workers in New Delhi on Tuesday building new platforms for cremating bodies, as the coronavirus takes an increasing toll on the country. India Blames a Virus Variant as Its Covid-19 Crisis Deepens Wor

Published 28 April 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Reuters By Rebecca Morelle Global science correspondent, BBC News The harrowing scenes from India have shocked

See more from our live coverage India sets a global record for daily infections. More than 310,000 cases were recorded in just 24 hours, surpassing the previous single-day high set in the United State

Published 26 April 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics India coronavirus lockdown Image source, Getty Images Thousands across India are outraged after the government ordered social media plat

Published 24 April 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Media caption, The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from a hospital in Delhi, which is running low on beds and oxygen Indian hosp

The U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal since the early 1900s — even surpassing the calamity of the 1918 flu pandemic. Death rate above and below normal in the U.S. Data before 1933 d