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Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week?
Last month, an average of about 350 people died each week from COVID, according to data from the CDC. With available vaccines ...
US sees cases of new COVID-19 variant linked to surge in China: report
A new COVID-19 strain linked to a spike in cases in China has been detected in the U.S., but the CDC says it has seen so few ...
U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China
Preliminary data from researchers in China suggest the NB.1.8.1 variant is not better at evading the immune system compared ...
With vaccine approval process set to change, FDA advisers leave wiggle room in annual Covid-19 shot recommendations
A group of experts who advise the US Food and Drug Administration on its vaccine decisions voted unanimously Thursday to make ...
The F.D.A. May Restrict Covid Shots. Who Will Be Able to Get Them?
Historically, almost everyone has been eligible for Covid vaccines; the C.D.C. recommended the most recent vaccine for all ...
FDA panel is split on updates to COVID shots as questions loom for fall vaccinations
Government advisers are split on whether drugmakers should update their COVID-19 vaccines to better protect Americans this ...
Covid 2020: An intimate look at health worker's lives amid a global crisis
Theatre nurse David Collyer wanted to shoot a documentary photography project in the last years of the Welsh hospital he ...
Longevity workouts, sleep banking and long covid: The week in Well+Being
Plus, new clues about the rise in colorectal cancer rates in young adults. You are reading our weekly Well+Being newsletter.
Alert issued over dangerous new Covid strain - 'Mask up!'
Health officials are sounding the alarm over a dangerous new COVID-19 strain as hospitalisation rates in China surge. The ...