Fauci contempt vote reflects the enduring politics of COVID
By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is sitting before Congress, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on TV debating COVID lockdowns and Americans can’t agree on what science to trust. You might think...
View ArticleTakeaways from Anthony Fauci’s COVID-era diaries
By The Associated Press A diary played an unusual role in a contentious Senate hearing Wednesday – musings from Dr. Anthony Fauci, a scientist who became a leading voice in the U.S. response to the...
View ArticleTrump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID’s long-term harm
By Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News Possible risk of autism in children. Dormant cancer cells awakening. Accelerating aging of the brain. Related Articles Hims & Hers Health and Novo Nordisk end...
View ArticlePandemic disruptions to health care worsened cancer survival, study suggests
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — During the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts worried that disruptions to cancer diagnosis and treatment would cost lives. A new study...
View ArticleConflicting advice on COVID shots likely to ding already low vaccine rates,...
By Phillip Reese, KFF Health News More than three-quarters of American adults didn’t get a COVID shot last season, a figure that health care experts warn could rise this year amid new U.S. government...
View ArticleIs COVID during pregnancy linked to autism? What a new study shows, and what...
By Céline Gounder, KFF Health News A large study from Massachusetts has found that babies whose mothers had COVID-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental...
View ArticleKennedy’s vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and...
By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes expected on whether to change recommendations on...
View ArticleStates are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await...
By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press The governors of Arizona and Maine on Friday joined the growing list of Democratic officials who have signed orders intended to ensure most residents can receive...
View ArticleDespite federal shift, state health officials encourage COVID vaccines for...
By Nada Hassanein, Stateline.org Heading into the respiratory illness season, states and clinicians are working to encourage pregnant patients to get COVID-19 vaccinations, even though the U.S....
View ArticleFDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of...
By MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s top vaccine official working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently restricted the approval of two COVID-19...
View ArticleFDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots
By MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has expanded existing warnings on the two leading COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart side...
View ArticleWhat to know about the COVID variant that may cause ‘razor blade’ sore throats
By DEVI SHASTRI, Associated Press The COVID-19 variant that may be driving a recent rise in cases in some parts of the world has earned a new nickname: “razor blade throat” COVID. That’s because the...
View ArticleWill you be able to get a COVID-19 shot? Here’s what we know so far
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and TOM MURPHY, Associated Press Want a COVID-19 vaccination this fall? For many Americans, it’s not clear how easy it will be to get one – or if they’ve lost the choice. Health...
View ArticleA new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world,...
By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the rise in cases is...
View ArticleModerna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and...
By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer A combination shot for flu and COVID-19 using messenger RNA generated antibodies in a study, but U.S. government regulators want to see data on whether the new...
View ArticleA 10-foot microscope reveals big lessons about the tiniest threats to the...
There’s a technological revolution underway that’s making it faster and easier for scientists to see the molecules that undermine human health — and possibly fight the problem. The “resolution...
View ArticleCDC advisory group considers narrowing COVID vaccine recommendations
Next year’s COVID vaccine recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear likely to be less expansive than in previous years. Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View ArticlePhotos: 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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