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Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having...

Emily Alpert Reyes | (TNS) Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — People hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic suffered an increased risk of serious “cardiac events” such as heart attacks and...

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Do I need a second dose of the new COVID-19 vaccine?

Yes, older Americans should get yet another COVID shot — but if you have already gotten the latest version, there’s no rush. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week said that people 65...

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Don’t throw out expired COVID-19 tests, FDA says

Morayo Ogunbayo | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution You probably have a cabinet full of rapid COVID-19 tests you’ve accumulated. The expiration dates have come closer and closer, with some tests...

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Trump chooses Stanford’s Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, outspoken critic of COVID...

WASHINGTON — President elect Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday night that he would nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor of health policy and outspoken critic of the nation’s public...

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5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, LAURA UNGAR and MIKE STOBBE Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have a name, nor did the...

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Long-COVID patients are frustrated that federal research hasn’t found new...

By Sarah Boden, KFF Health News Erica Hayes, 40, has not felt healthy since November 2020 when she first fell ill with COVID. Related Articles Health | Lehigh Valley food safety reports: Moldy produce,...

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Long COVID is creating tension between doctors and patients

It’s been four years since Jennifer Hooper, 56, has been able to work or drive. On bad days, she can’t make herself dinner. Her career as a senior marketing director with a software startup came to a...

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Photos: The 5-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic

Five years ago, reports of a new and mysterious virus emanating from China gripped the globe in terror and uncertainty. As infections spread across continents, humanity raced to better understand the...

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Five years ago, COVID gripped the world in fear. Now scientists, doctors warn...

CHICAGO — The patient wasn’t initially worried when she first caught COVID-19. Fully vaccinated and relatively healthy at the age of 41, Johanna Claudette of the Irving Park neighborhood thought the...

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What are people asking about COVID-19 – and what do doctors wish patients knew?

By Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News In the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was full of questions. Dr. Jeffrey Hsu recalls the fear of the unknown as he and other health...

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