Coronavirus Covid-19

The first results of an experiment with animals suggest that ventilation would stop infections less than hygiene

A flu vaccination and that updated COVID-19 shot are urged for just about everyone, starting with babies as young as 6 months.

Starting September 25, people can order four free Covid tests per household. Here’s all the information you need about these kits

The White House is aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) has killed hundreds of cattle in Europe after being detected in November 2022

A spokesperson for President Joe Biden’s administration and spokespeople for several Democratic governors said such measures aren’t being considered

Infections are increasing, but experts have detected no greater severity in symptoms or resistance to vaccines in the most recent strains circulating worldwide

The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination

Doctors hope enough people get vaccinated to help avert another ‘tripledemic’ like last year when hospitals were overwhelmed with an early flu season, an onslaught of RSV and yet another winter coronavirus surge

It also immediately drew ire from the nursing home industry, which said it amounted to a mandate that couldn’t be met

The move comes in response to finding that more than $830 million in Covid-19 emergency aid had been stolen following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies

The American Rescue Plan, passed two years ago, provided $350 billion of flexible aid to be divided among thousands of governments. Those governments had spent just 43% of that money as of this spring

The measure aims to control the rising prices of this essential dietary staple for the country’s low-income population

Up to a year after a bout of COVID-19, some people can develop problems ranging from blood clots to irregular heartbeats to a heart attack. It’s not clear why and doctors still are grappling with how to help

Just over 9,000 people were admitted to the hospital in the week ending July 29, which was up by about 12% from the previous week

Since 2020, Netflix, Amazon, and HBO have increased filming in the South American country, which avoided shutting down during the coronavirus pandemic

Dr. López-Gatell admits that the number of infections in the country has increased — as the National Autonomous University of Mexico has pointed out — but rules out the massive use of face masks

The National Institutes of Health is leading the studies, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions

The myth of the midlife crisis remains very much alive in the collective imagination, but sociologists and historians question whether it is still relevant

The author of ‘Lucy by the Sea’ describes what drives her writing: ‘I have always wanted to know what it feels like to be another person’

Cohen claimed in his lawsuit that the Trump Organization had promised to pay his legal expenses and did so for a time, footing more than $1.7 million in legal fees

The University of Barcelona professor and director of the eating disorders unit at Bellvitge Hospital discusses the importance of talking about mental health in treating eating disorders (ED) and obesity

Cases of disease linked to mosquitos, ticks, and fleas tripled in the U.S. between 2004 and 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control

The Democratic presidential candidate was filmed falsely suggesting Covid-19 could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people

US intelligence is divided between the two hypotheses but have ruled out the virus being created as a biological weapon

The Food and Drug Administration’s scientific advisers said the next round of shots in the U.S. should only include protection against the newest variants that are now dominant worldwide

The FAO deputy director and regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean analyzes the perfect storm of conflict, climate, post-pandemic inflation, and inequality that is driving world hunger