FDA authorizes emergency use for Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for ages 12 to 17

A box of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine arranged at a pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Biotechnology company Novavax announced o...

These countries have the lowest Covid vaccination rates in the world

A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 04, 2021. Sumaya Hisham | Reuters Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti are the leas...

Covid will never become an endemic virus, scientist warns

JaruekChairak | iStock | Getty Images Covid-19 will never become an endemic illness and will always behave like an epidemic virus, an expert in biosecurity has warned. Raina MacIntyre, a professor of ...

How the U.S. is trying to fix its at-home Covid testing problem

The latest Covid-19 wave during the busy holiday travel season caught the U.S. flat-footed when it came to one key tool in its pandemic-fighting arsenal: at-home rapid tests. “In the United Stat...

Covid vaccine skepticism fueling wider anti-vax sentiment, doctors say

Protestors demonstrate against Covid vaccine mandates outside the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York, on January 5, 2022. Mike Segar | Reuters Skepticism toward Covid-19 vaccines could be fuel...

Covid pandemic at a ‘critical juncture,’ WHO’s Tedros says

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on December 20, 2021 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic is a...

Pacific Islands’ zero-Covid strategies unsustainable, professor says

People wearing face masks at a supermarket in Suva, Fiji, April 23, 2021. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Countries all over the world have seen Covid-19 cases surge since the emergence of the highl...

Omicron is milder, but scientists say it’s still too soon to relax

A sign reminding riders to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19 appears on a bus on First Street outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday, January 10, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. |...

We have a chance to end Covid emergency in 2022, WHO official says

Executive Director of the WHO Emergencies Program Mike Ryan speaks at a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland on Feb. 6, 2020. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Covid-19 will never be eradicated, but society...

Which countries are on track to meet the WHO Covid vaccination target?

A health worker prepares Pfizer vaccine boosters for clients on December 01, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams | Getty Images The U.S. is among the countries projected to miss the WHOR...