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COVID-19
Experts Endorse Moderna's COVID-19 Shots for Kids Ages 6 to 17
By Mike Stobbe / AP
When Should You Use Home COVID-19 Tests? Here's What the Experts Say
By Jeffrey Kluger
What to Know About Monoclonal Antibodies as COVID-19 Treatments
By Emma Yasinski
1 in 5 U.S. Adults Who Got COVID-19 Now Have Long COVID, Data Find
By Jamie Ducharme
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COVID-19
A Parent’s Guide to COVID-19 Shots for Kids
Here’s what you need to know
By Emily Barone and Alice Park
June 19, 2022
My Toddlers Already Had COVID-19. I'm Still Getting Them Vaccinated Right Away
Six months ago, in the hustle and bustle of Christmas activities, I quickly swabbed my girls’ noses (and my own) for COVID-19. They are 3 years old and 1.5 years old. No one had symptoms,...
By Katelyn Jetelina
June 18, 2022
CDC Advisers Recommend COVID-19 Shots for Children Under 5
The advisers to the CDC unanimously decided that coronavirus vaccines should be opened to children as young as 6 months
By MIKE STOBBE / AP
June 18, 2022
FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Vaccines for Infants and Preschoolers
The authorization paves the way for vaccinations to begin next week
By Lindsey Tanner / AP
June 17, 2022
Forget Physique. Mental Health Is the Newest, Hottest Fitness Goal
The pandemic has changed people's exercise priorities
By Jamie Ducharme
June 17, 2022
COVID-19 Deaths Rise After a 5-Week Decline
After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by 4% last week.
By Associated Press
June 16, 2022
Monkeypox Testing Shows the U.S. Learned Little from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Testing for monkeypox is insufficient to determine how widespread the virus is, infectious disease experts say.
By Madison Muller / Bloomberg
June 16, 2022
New Disease Outbreak in N. Korea Amid COVID
It’s unclear how serious the 'enteric epidemic' is
By Hyung-Jin Kim / AP
June 16, 2022
Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines Authorized for Children 6 Months and Older
If the CDC also recommends the shots, everyone six months and older will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine
By Alice Park and Jamie Ducharme
June 15, 2022
Dr. Anthony Fauci Has COVID-19
Fauci, 81, is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots
By Carla K. Johnson / AP
June 15, 2022
What to Know About the Newest Omicron Subvariants
They can bypass immunity from vaccinations or past infections, experts say
By Betsy Ladyzhets
June 15, 2022
Paxlovid Doesn’t Work for Healthier Patients, Pfizer Says
The drugmaker said it will focus its efforts on studying Paxlovid in vulnerable populations
By Riley Griffin and Madison Muller / Bloomberg
June 15, 2022
FDA Recommends the Emergency Authorization of Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Ages 6 to 17
An expert panel recommended that kids have another option when it comes to getting vaccinated against COVID-19
By Alice Park
June 14, 2022
Dogs Can Sniff Out COVID-19 and Signs of Long COVID, Studies Suggest
Almost any dog can be trained to do this type of detection in a matter of weeks, researchers say
By Jamie Ducharme
June 14, 2022
Black Americans Share Stories of COVID-19 Grief
They are attempting to move forward without spouses, parents, grandparents, siblings, and children
By Simmone Shah and Photographs and interviews by Andrea Ellen Reed
June 13, 2022
Baby Formula Plants Weren't Inspected Due to COVID
The gap in baby formula plant inspections, brought on by the pandemic, is getting scrutiny from Congress and government watchdogs.
By Matthew Perrone/AP
June 13, 2022
A New Test Can Help Reveal If You're Immune to COVID-19
If widely used, T-cell testing may also provide the data needed to fine-tune vaccination strategies
By Jamie Ducharme
June 13, 2022
Why So Many Long COVID Patients Are Having Suicidal Thoughts
Advocates are calling for big changes within the health care system
By Jamie Ducharme
June 13, 2022
U.S. Lifts COVID-19 Test Requirement for International Arrivals
The Biden administration is easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
By Zeke Miller/AP
June 10, 2022
Shanghai Under Lockdown Again
The city has just exited a two-month lockdown, but goes into another after 11 cases were reported Thursday
By Bloomberg
June 10, 2022
U.S. Orders Millions of COVID-19 Vaccines for Youngest Children
The orders for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for kids ages 6 months and up comes before possible federal authorization
By Mike Stobbe / AP
June 9, 2022
Moderna's Omicron Booster Increases Antibody Levels
The vaccine is the first to combine the original vaccine with a new version that targets Omicron
By Alice Park
June 8, 2022
A Fourth COVID-19 Vaccine, From Novovax, Passed a Key Stage in the Authorization Process
American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot. Next, the FDA must...
By LAURAN NEERGAARD / AP
June 8, 2022
Bill Gates: World Got Lucky With COVID-19
"We just got lucky that the death rate per case was like, 0.2%," Gates said at the TIME100 Summit.
By Tara Law
June 7, 2022
FDA Advisers Back Novavax Covid-19 Shots
Eventually, Novavax hopes to become a choice for the millions more who haven’t yet had a booster dose of today’s vaccines
By Lauran Neergaard / AP
June 7, 2022
To Contain Monkeypox, We Should Learn From COVID-19 Response
Monkeypox and COVID-19 are different in many ways. Though relatively rare, monkeypox has been around for decades; indeed, it has become endemic to parts of central and western Africa. There is already a vaccine that...
By Jamie Ducharme
June 7, 2022
Covid Shots For Kids Under 5 Possible By June 21
Shipments to doctors' offices and pediatric care facilities would begin soon after FDA authorization.
By Zeke Miller / AP
June 3, 2022
Tulsa Shooting Is Reminder Health Care Workers Face Violence
Lona DeNisco has lost track of the violent incidents that have taken place in the 20-odd years she’s worked as an emergency room nurse in Buffalo, New York. “There's not one shift that goes by...
By Tara Law
June 3, 2022
Here's What to Know About COVID-19 Booster Shots for Kids
There's new guidance on booster shots for children
By Alice Park
June 2, 2022
China Hails COVID Victory in Shanghai
China has declared victory over Shanghai’s outbreak as the nation saw the fewest new cases in more than three months
By Bloomberg
June 2, 2022
Loneliness Is a Public Health Emergency. Here's What Helps
When the pandemic first began, many experts feared that even people who managed to avoid the virus would suffer from unprecedented levels of loneliness. What would happen when millions of people were told to stay...
By Tara Law
June 1, 2022
The Rising Costs of China’s Zero-COVID Policy
In mid-May, I traveled from London to Slovenia to interview the Ukrainian men’s soccer team on their bid to reach November’s Qatar World Cup. It was a four-day assignment, requiring travel via train stations, airports,...
By Charlie Campbell
May 31, 2022
North Korea Moves to Soften Curbs Amid COVID Count Doubts
The discussion at the North’s Politburo meeting suggests it will soon relax a set of draconian curbs imposed after its admission of the omicron outbreak
By HYUNG-JIN KIM / AP
May 29, 2022
Beijing Says COVID-19 Outbreak Under Control
The number of new infections has fallen for six straight days in Beijing with no cases outside of quarantine
By Bloomberg
May 28, 2022
Here’s What Scientists Know About Paxlovid Rebound
Some people who take the 5-day COVID-19 antiviral treatment are testing negative—then testing positive again days later
By Alice Park
May 26, 2022
Shots Don't Prevent Long COVID in Older Adults
1 in 4 adults aged 65 and older had at least one potential long COVID health problem.
By Lindsey Tanner / AP
May 26, 2022
Schools Reinstate Mask Mandates as COVID-19 Rises
School districts in Philadelphia, Providence, R.I., and Brookline, Mass., are requiring students and staff to wear masks again—though they are the exception, rather than the rule
By Katie Reilly
May 25, 2022
1 in 5 People Who Get COVID-19 Develop Lingering Conditions
Lung and respiratory issues are the most common
By Jamie Ducharme
May 25, 2022
Now is the Time to Address the Global Health Equity Gap
While the world has been preoccupied with COVID-19, deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continue to impact poor nations at an alarming rate. Each year around the world, more than 15 million people die from NCDs...
By Albert Bourla
May 25, 2022
Air Pollution May Increase the Risk of Severe COVID-19
Air pollution poses a major threat to public health, having been associated with higher rates of heart disease, stroke, and respiratory illness. Now, new research also links it to worse outcomes of COVID-19. In a...
By Tara Law
May 24, 2022
Bubonic Plague and the Roots of Anti-Asian Hate
A new PBS documentary explores a bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco in 1900—with parallels to rising anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Olivia B. Waxman
May 24, 2022
Tighter COVID-19 Restrictions Possible for Beijing
Sun Chunlan, China’s Vice Premier and health czar, has urged officials in Beijing to implement more thorough measures
By Bloomberg
May 24, 2022
The U.S. Failed Miserably on COVID-19. Canada Shows It Didn't Have to Be That Way
646,970 lives. This is the number of Americans who would be alive today if the United States had the same per capita death rate from COVID-19 as our northern neighbor, Canada. Reflect for a moment...
By Jerome Karabel
May 23, 2022
Why the Gym Is Risky for COVID-19
COVID-19 has been frustrating for gym rats. Even before scientists knew much about this particular virus, it was pretty clear that breathing heavily in a confined space with lots of other people around doing the...
By Tara Law
May 23, 2022
U.S. Leisure Travel Back at Pre-Pandemic Levels
People are heading off on vacation, despite a surge in cases and higher airfares globally
By Martine Paris / Bloomberg
May 19, 2022
Alcohol-Related Deaths Have Soared During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stress, isolation, and the closing of essential services all played a role
By Jeffrey Kluger
May 19, 2022
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