WHO changes definition of airborne disease following COVID-19 debates

The World Health Organization has defined a new set of criteria for infectious diseases spread through the air following significant controversy and confusion during the pandemic about how the coronav ... Read More

CDC: Less than half of nursing home residents have latest COVID-19 booster shots

Residents of nursing homes largely aren’t up to date on their COVID-19 shots, and the uptake decline compared to earlier in the pandemic is significant, according to a report from the US Centers for ... Read More

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investiga ... Read More

Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investiga ... Read More

Q&A on Reducing COVID-19 Risk for Elderly, Immunocompromised

While the risks associated with COVID-19 generally have decreased over time due to prior exposure to the vaccines and the virus, some people remain at elevated risk, such as the elderly and ... Read More

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Nationwide, measles cases are already nearly double the total for all of last year. A new CDC report tallies the damage wreaked by this preventable ... Read More

Coronavirus: Latest news and updates on the Covid-19 pandemic

President Joe Biden took the gloves off Wednesday by saying former President Donald Trump deserved to be punched and injected bleach into his hair - while engaging in his own battle with the ... Read More

Less than half of nursing home residents are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines, study finds: Your guide to the latest virus news

Here’s your go-to guide with everything you need to know about COVID-19, including testing expanding to more airports, updated isolation guidelines and plans for a fall vaccine. Read More

Coronavirus and COVID-19: All Articles, Videos and Resources

While mRNA vaccines have caused rare cases of myocarditis, a CDC analysis found no connection between getting jabbed and sudden cardiac death. Read More

CDC Report: Tuberculosis Cases Increase in U.S.

Tuberculosis cases in the U.S. had declined for close to three decades, the report says, with a particularly notable drop occurring in 2020 that coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then ... Read More

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The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies. The number ... Read More