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Long Covid is affecting women more than men, national survey finds
A woman receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a sport stadium during the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Vina del Mar, Chile, April 22, 2021. Rodrigo Garrido | Re...
Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments are increasing
Two omicron subvariants that are resistant to key antibody treatments are on the rise in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1....
FDA sees limits to omicron-booster studies from Columbia, Harvard
The Food and Drug Administration said two studies this week showing that the new omicron boosters weren’t that much better than the old shots were too small to come to any real conclusions. Scie...
Omicron subvariants show resistance, putting some people at risk
Emerging omicron subvariants are resistant to key antibody treatments for HIV patients, kidney transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people, making them particularly vulnerable to Covid th...
People who had mild Covid had increased risk of blood clots: UK study
A patient receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at Sparrow Laboratories Drive-Thru Services in Lansing, Michigan, December 27, 2021. Emily Elconin | Reuters People who caught mild cases of Co...
Ivermectin — once touted as a Covid treatment by conservatives — doesn’t improve recovery much, clinical trial finds
Ivermectin, a drug once touted by conservatives as a treatment for Covid, does not meaningfully improve the recovery time for people with mild to moderate cases, according a large clinical trial publi...
CDC is discussing using oral polio vaccine for first time in 20 years to stop New York outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering using the oral polio vaccine for the first time in more than 20 years to stop an outbreak in the greater New York City metropolitan area t...
CDC to protect access to free Covid vaccines for uninsured kids
A child is administered a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine. Mayela Lopez | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took a major step Wednesda...
Millions could lose health insurance when Covid emergency ends
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (...
White House Covid czar calls on seniors to get omicron booster now
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha addresses the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. July 25, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A top White House health official...
Omicron BA.5 is declining as emerging variants gain ground: CDC data
The U.S. faces at least seven different versions of Covid-19 omicron as the nation heads into winter when health officials are expecting another wave of viral infections. Although the omicron BA.5 var...
U.S. extends Covid public health emergency
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 testing site in New York, the United States, March 29, 2022. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The U.S. has extended the ...
omicron shots substantially boosted BA.5 antibodies in early human data
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Thursday said their new omicron boosters substantially increased protective antibodies against the dominant omicron B...
WHO calls for more international aide to prevent Ebola from spreading beyond Uganda
The World Health Organization is working with Uganda to prevent a deadly Ebola outbreak in the East African nation from spreading to neighboring nations, the global health agency’s chief said on...
Risk of Covid death almost zero for people who are boosted and treated, White House Covid czar says
People who stay up to date on their vaccines and receive treatments when they have breakthrough infections face almost no risk of dying from Covid-19, a top health official said on Tuesday. Dr. Ashish...
U.S. is tracking omicron subvariants but booster should protect
The U.S. is tracking several coronavirus omicron subvariants that more easily evade immunity, but the new booster shots should protect against them, a top health official said on Tuesday. Health offic...
Poliovirus found in Brooklyn and Queens sewage, New York health officials say
Polio virus particle, computer illustration. Kateryna Kon | Science Photo Library | Getty Images New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has extended the state of emergency declared in response to the spread of po...
Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths among U.S. seniors in 2021
Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths and nearly 700,000 hospitalizations among adult Medicare recipients in 2021, the Health and Human Services Department said in a new report published Fr...
Monkeypox unlikely to be eliminated in the U.S., CDC says
The monkeypox virus is unlikely to be eliminated from the U.S. in the near future, according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week. The CDC, in a technical ...
A single dose of monkeypox vaccine provides some protection against infection, CDC says
Los Angeles, CA – August 10: Luis Garcia, a registered nurse, prepares Monkeypox virus vaccine at St.John’s Well Child & Family Center on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. I...
Covid vaccination tied to increase in length of menstrual cycle: NIH
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Va...
Biogen to pay $900 million to settle drug kickback allegations
A Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder | Reuters Biogen will pay $900 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the company gave doctors kickbacks to encourage them prescribe its d...
WHO warns ability to identify new Covid variants is diminishing
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addresses U.N. General Assembly
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the Kharkiv region for the first time since Russia started the attacks against his country on February 24, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on May 29, 2022.(P...
Biden announces first round of funding for EV charging network across 35 states
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the release of the first round of funding for a nationwide electric vehicle charging network, financing the construction of stations in 35 states. “I̵...
LA health officials are probing death of a person who had monkeypox
A health care worker administers a dose of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Los Angele...
HIV positive people hospitalized with monkeypox more often, CDC says
People living with HIV who have monkeypox are hospitalized more than twice as often as other patients diagnosed with the rapidly spreading virus, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Cont...
U.S. monkeypox outbreak is slowing as vaccines become more accessible, health officials say
The U.S. monkeypox outbreak is slowing as vaccines have become more available and there’s broader public awareness about what actions individuals can take to lower their risk of infection, accor...
New York ends mask mandate for subways, buses and other mass transit
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) logo is displayed on the side of a subway train in Manhattan, New York on June 2, 2021. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images New Yorkers are no longer required t...