CDC Director Has Feeling of 'Impending Doom' Amid New Spike
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19, warning of a potential fourth wave of the virus.
Can You Take Painkillers Before or After a COVID Vaccine?
It's best to avoid them, unless you routinely take them for a medical condition. Although the evidence is limited, some painkillers might interfere with the very thing the vaccine is trying to do: generate a strong immune system response.
AstraZeneca: US Data Shows Vaccine Effective for All Ages
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday.
So You're Vaccinated Against COVID. Now What?
Ill-advised behavior, or a mutant strain of the covid virus — or both — could still ignite another surge. And we're not entirely certain to what extent vaccination prevents you from infecting unvaccinated people, or for how long it protects against COVID.
Can Vaccination and Infection Rates Add Up to Reach Covid Herd Immunity?
"Presumed 'herd immunity' is 'the combined value of infections + vaccinations as % population > 60%,'" noted a tweet by a CNBC anchor based on a more complete analysis by the firm. That got us thinking: Does this calculation hold up?
I Got the COVID-19 Vaccine. What Can I Safely Do?
One reason to keep your guard up after getting one dose of a two-dose vaccine: infection while having partial protection sets up the potential for the virus to mutate.
New Study Reveals LGBTQ COVID Impact and Response
A new report looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBTQ people's health and economic status.
Will Coronavirus Ever Go Away?
Scientists think the virus that causes COVID-19 may be with us for decades or longer, but that doesn't mean it will keep posing the same threat.
For COVID 'Long Haulers,' Battling for Disability Benefits Adds Aggravation to Exhaustion
Given the lack of testing in the first months, many "long haulers," have no laboratory proof of infection. Proving symptoms to insurance providers also poses another challenge.
How Coronavirus Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways
Scientists say unprepared immune cells appear to be responding to the coronavirus with a devastating release of chemicals, inflicting damage that may endure long after the threat has been eliminated.
Could Your Trip to the Gym Become a Superspreader Event?
This week, the CDC said gym users should wear masks while working out and urged gyms to improve ventilation and encourage outdoor physical activities whenever possible.
Have a Case of a Covid Variant? No One Is Going to Tell You
Covid-19 infections from variant strains are quickly spreading across the U.S., but there's one big problem: Lab officials say they can't tell patients or their doctors whether someone has been infected by a variant.
How Will COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Adapt to Variants?
First-generation COVID-19 vaccines appear to be working against today's variants, but makers already are taking steps to update their recipes if health authorities decide that's needed.
The Do's and Don'ts on Social Media for Vaccine Haves and Have-Nots
It might engender envy, even outrage, especially if the person posting seems to have cut the line to get a COVID vaccine. But what if the intention was to encourage others to also get the shot? Does that make it OK?
Not to Be Sniffed At: Agony at Post-COVID Loss of Smell
A year into the coronavirus pandemic, doctors and researchers are still striving to better understand and treat the accompanying epidemic of COVID-19-related anosmia — loss of smell.
Experts Warn Against COVID-19 Variants as States Reopen
As states lift mask rules and ease restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of falling case numbers, public health officials say authorities are overlooking potentially more dangerous COVID-19 variants.
Gov. Cuomo Expands COVID Vaccine Access to HIV+ New Yorkers
This week New York Governor Andrew Cuomo expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to include people living with HIV.
CDC Finds Two Masks Are Better Than One Vs. COVID-19
CDC study finds two masks are better than one vs. COVID-19 U.S. government researchers found that two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up.
US Vaccine Drive Complicated by 1st, 2nd Dose Juggling Act
The U.S. has entered a tricky phase of the COVID-19 vaccination effort as providers try to ramp up the number of people getting first shots while also ensuring a growing number of others get second doses.
Why the U.S. in Underestimating COVID Reinfection
U.S. health officials may be overlooking an unsettling subgroup of survivors: those who get infected more than once.