Infections

‘Deltacron’ Variant Rare and Not a Major Concern

1 Dead, 27 Hospitalized in U.S. Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Poultry

1 Dirty Pool, Many Cases of E. Coli: Summer's Swimming Danger

1 in 10 People With COVID Still Infectious After 10 Days: Study

1 in 3 Americans Delayed, Skipped Medical Care During Pandemic

1 in 3 Americans Now Live in Areas Where Indoor Masks Advised, CDC Says

1 in 4 Parents Won't Vaccinate Their Kids Against COVID-19: Poll

1 in 4 U.S. Parents Lied About a Child's COVID Status

1 in 5 Americans Has an STD: CDC

1 in 5 Older Americans Lack Space to 'Isolate at Home' If COVID Strikes

12 Steps to the Best Holiday Gift: Health

139 Clients, No COVID Infections: Hair Salon Study Shows Face Masks Work

25 Million Kids Missed Routine Vaccinations Worldwide in 2021

3 LA County Deaths Show Flea-Borne Typhus Is on the Rise

3 More Children Have Died of Mysterious Liver Disease

3 Reasons Why Trying to Get COVID Is a Bad Idea

3 Steps Could Nearly Eliminate COVID Infections on College Campuses: Study

4 Out of 5 People With COVID-19 Will Develop Symptoms: Study

4,000-Year-Old DNA Identifies Britain's Oldest Known Case of Plague

48 COVID Cases Reported on World's Largest Cruise Ship

4th Case of Tropical Bacterial Illness Found in United States: CDC

7 Out of 10 Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Have Long-Haul Symptoms

84 People Now Sickened in E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Wendy's Restaurant Lettuce

99% of New U.S. COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths Occurring Among the Unvaccinated

A Dangerous Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria May Now Lurk in U.S. Water, Soil

A Dermatologist on Recognizing the Monkeypox Rash

A Few People With COVID Went a Crowded Bar: Here's What Happened

A Probiotic May Equal Antibiotics in Fighting Staph Infection

A Third of Americans Were Infected With COVID-19 in 2020: Study

A Third of COVID Survivors Have Long-Haul Symptoms, Even After Mild Cases

About 1 in 14 U.S. Adults Have Had Long COVID

Add Gum Disease to List of Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19

Add Kids to COVID Vaccine Trials, Pediatricians' Group Says

Adults May Be Losing Immunity to Mumps. Are Boosters Needed?

Advances in Treatments Against Severe COVID-19 May Have Stalled

'Aerosol Boxes' Meant to Protect COVID Health Teams Might Harm Them: Study

After a Sweeping Review, CDC Looks to Rebuild Public Trust

After COVID-19 Exposure, When Can Young Athletes Resume Play?

After Testing Fell During Pandemic, Is a Surge in STDs Ahead?

AI Model Predicts Which Animal Viruses Are Likely to Jump to Humans

Alabama Cases of Acute Hepatitis in Kids Show Link to Viruses: CDC

Allergists' Group Updates Guidelines on COVID-19 Vaccines

Almost 47 Million Americans Already Infected With Coronavirus by Nov. 15: Study

Alyssa Milano Is Losing Her Hair to COVID-19

America Facing Shortage of Infectious Disease Doctors

Americans Should Avoid Travel to Canada: CDC

Amid Pandemic, Fears That Older Americans Are Feeling 'Expendable'

Amid Pandemic, Protest Peacefully While Staying Healthy

An Expert Offers Tips on Long COVID Care

An Expert's Guide to Fighting Coronavirus Stress

Animal Study Offers Hope for a Better Herpes Treatment

Animal Study Suggests COVID-19 Can Infect Testes

Annual 'COVID-19 Season' May Be Here to Stay, Scientists Predict

Another Enemy on the Front Lines in Ukraine: Antibiotic-Resistant Germs

Another Health Threat: Drug-Resistant Mold Infections

Another Pollen Misery: It Might Help Transmit COVID-19

Another Side Effect of COVID-19 -- Lasting Hearing Problems?

Another Study Finds COVID Doesn't Spread in Schools With Proper Safeguards

Another Study Finds Routine Vaccines Safe for Kids, Adults

Another Study Finds Vaccine Booster 'Neutralizes' Omicron

Another Study Shows COVID's Danger to Pregnant Women

Answering the Call: How COVID-19 Hotline Staffers Helped Panicked New Yorkers

Answers to Your Questions About Face Masks

Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumonia Is Killing Children in Bangladesh — Could It Spread?

Antibiotic-Resistant 'Superbug' Now Widespread in Pigs, Can Jump to Humans

Antibiotics in Infancy May Weaken Response to Childhood Vaccines

Antibiotics in Pregnancy Tied to Higher Odds for Asthma in Kids

Antibodies Fade a Few Weeks After Mild COVID-19, Study Finds

Antibodies to Early Strains of COVID May Not Fight New Variants: Study

Anti-Vaxxers Mounting Internet Campaigns Against COVID-19 Shots

Any COVID Infection Leaves Strong Antibody Levels in Kids

Appeals Court Backs Florida's Ban on School Mask Mandates

Are You Feeling 'Pandemic Fatigue'?

As Deaths Continue in Italy, a Lesson for the United States

As Monkeypox Cases Spike, U.S. Orders More Vaccine, Boosts Testing

As New COVID Variants Emerge, Do You Need to 'Double Mask'?

As Olympics Begin, Tokyo Posts Highest Number of New COVID Cases in Six Months

As Omicron Rages, How Important Are Case Counts Anymore?

As Schools Reopen, Many Students, Staff Live With High-Risk Family Member

As States Reopen, What Is 'Contact Tracing' and How Does it Work?

As U.S. Decides Who Gets COVID Vaccine Next, More Infectious Strain Seen in Britain

As U.S. Vaccinations Rise, Hospitals Ease Restrictions on Visitors

Asthma May Not Boost Odds of Severe COVID-19

AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Trial Restarts

AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Good Results in Late Trials

Asymptomatic Coronavirus Carriers Can Shed Virus on Surfaces: Study

Aumenta un subtipo de la variante Delta en Reino Unido

Babies, Toddlers Produce Stronger Immune Response to COVID Than Adults

Baby's Immune System Is Tougher Than You Think

Baby's Meningitis Case Highlights Growing Danger of Antibiotic Resistance

Backyard Chicken Coops Pose Threat of 'Viral Spillover' to People

Bacteria Risk Spurs Recall of 8 Million Laundress Products

Bacterial Blood Infections Tied to Heightened Colon Cancer Risk

Bacterial Infections to Blame for 1 in Every 8 Deaths Worldwide

Bans on Evictions, Utility Shutoffs Are Curbing COVID Infections: Study

Battle Over School Mask Mandates Heats Up

Bedside COVID-19 Test Faster Than Standard PCR Test

Benefits of Social Distancing Outweigh Economic Toll: Study

Biden Administration Buys More Monoclonal Antibody Treatments to Ward Off Shortage

Biden Administration Launches Office for Long COVID Research

Biden Administration May Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

Biden Administration Will Stop Sending Out Free COVID Tests on Friday

Biden Outlines Measures to Fight Omicron, Pleads With Americans to Get Vaccinated

Biden Tests Negative for COVID Again, Leaves Isolation

Biden Tests Positive for COVID

Biden to Address Nation Tuesday on Omicron Response, Outlook

Biden to Announce Plan to Battle Omicron, Delta Variants This Winter

Biden to Fight Omicron With 500 Million Free COVID Tests, Military Aid to Hospitals

Biden to Lift Pandemic Rule Restricting Immigrants at Land Border

Biden to Strengthen Push for Vaccine Mandates in New COVID Plan

Big Changes Are Coming to U.S. Health Care as Pandemic Emergencies Expire

Big Weight Loss May Help Prevent Severe COVID-19

Biggest Driver of Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Water

Bill Clinton Discharged From Hospital After Recovery From Sepsis

Bill Clinton Expected to Be Discharged From Hospital on Sunday

Bill Clinton Hospitalized for Sepsis

BinaxNOW Test Catches COVID Infection in Many People, Study Shows

Bird Flu in Chilean Man Shows Virus Adapting to Human Spread

Bird Flu Outbreak Killed New England Harbor Seals, Raising Alarms for Humans

Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids

Black Men Less Likely to Get Monkeypox Vaccine

Blood Count May Offer Clues to Treatment of COVID-19: Study

Blood Pressure Meds Could Improve Survival in COVID-19 Patients

Blood Test Could Spot Those at Highest Risk for Severe COVID-19

Blood Tests for Long COVID Could Lead to Better Treatments

Blood Yields Clue to Why COVID-19 Is Tougher on Men

Blow Your Horn: Do Wind Instruments Spread COVID?

Bout With Omicron Provides Little Immunity Against Reinfection

Brain, Nervous System Affected in 1 in 3 Cases of Severe COVID-19

Brazilian Man Is Free of HIV After Drug Treatment, Researchers Say

'Breakthrough' COVID Infections After Vaccination Are Rare: CDC

Breathlessness With 'Long COVID' May Point to Heart Damage

Bright Side: Sunnier Areas Have Lower COVID-19 Death Rates

Britain Investigates Possible Presence of Poliovirus in London

British Studies Show Vaccines Weaken Against Omicron, But Boosters Help

British, Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Show Promise

Brush With Common Cold Might Help Protect Against COVID-19

California Cases Show Home-Grown Leprosy Is Still a Threat

Can Adults Get RSV?

Can CBD Help Curb COVID? Maybe, But More Study Needed

Can COVID Transmit Easily on Crowded School Buses?

Can Food From an Infected Cook Give You COVID-19?

Can Llama Antibodies Fight COVID in Humans? New Research Says They Might

Can Wearables Track the Severity of COVID Symptoms?

Can You Get Monkeypox at the Gym?

Can You Still Get COVID Tests for Free?

Canada Surpasses U.S. COVID Vaccination Rates

Cancer in Hispanics: Good News and Bad

Cases of Children's Severe COVID-Linked Illness Were Worse in Second Wave

Cases of Coronavirus Moving From Mink to People Confirmed by CDC

Cases of Potentially Deadly Parechovirus in Infants Are Surging

CDC Investigating Case of Monkeypox in Traveler From Nigeria

CDC Investigating E. Coli Outbreak in Michigan, Ohio

CDC Investigating Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Flour

CDC Issues Warning as Two African Countries Fight Spread of Marburg Virus

CDC Launches Forecasting Center for Infectious Diseases

CDC Lifts Warning on Cruise Ship Travel

CDC Lowers Estimate of Omicron’s Prevalence in U.S.

CDC Now Says Vaccinated Should Be Tested After COVID Exposure, Even Without Symptoms

CDC Panel Signs Off on Pfizer Vaccine for Younger Kids

CDC Pushes Hard on Vaccination for Pregnant Women in New Advisory

CDC Raises Alarm About Meningitis Threat to Patients Visiting Mexican Surgical Clinics

CDC Reports First American With New Bird Flu, Says Risk to Public Low

CDC Reports No New Mpox Cases in Over a Week for First Time Since Outbreak Began

CDC Says 3 Feet of Social Distancing Now OK in Most Classrooms

CDC Shrinks COVID Quarantine Time, Advises Against Holiday Travel

CDC Supports 'Test-to-Stay' Strategy for Schools

CDC Urges Flu Shots as Survey Shows Half of Americans Don't Plan on It

CDC Warns of Coming Omicron Wave

CDC Warns of Dangerous Virus Infecting Babies in Multiple States

CDC Warns of Possible Severe Flu Season Ahead

CDC Warns of Rare Bacterial Infections From Dentists' Water Lines

CDC Warns of Rise in RSV Cases Among Young Children, Infants

CDC Warns of Rise of Drug-Resistant Shigella Bacteria

CDC Will Test New Areas for Polio in Wastewater

CDC's Expert Panel OKs Omicron-Specific Booster Shots From Pfizer, Moderna

Celebrate Autumn Traditions Without Raising Your COVID Risk

Cellphone Tracking Can Help Predict Pandemic's Spread

Cellphones Are 'Trojan Horses' for Viruses, Study Finds

Certain Cancer Treatments May Heighten Danger From COVID-19

Cheap Antidepressant Might Help Keep COVID Patients Out of Hospital

Cheap Steroid Could Slash COVID-19 Death Risk

China's Controls May Have Headed Off 700,000 COVID-19 Cases: Study

Chinese COVID Vaccine Appears Safe, Effective

Chinese Man Dies of Rare Virus From Monkeys

Chinese Man Hospitalized With H5N6 Bird Flu

City Living Means More Coughs, Colds for Kids

City Rats May Not Pose Big Pandemic Threat

Cleveland Case Suggests Tainted Eye Drops Were Harming Vision Months Before CDC Alert

Climate Change Making 218 Infectious Diseases Even Worse

Climate Change May Have Helped Emergence of New Coronavirus

Climate Change Will Make Pandemics Like COVID More Likely: Report

Clues to Rare Disorder Affecting Kids With COVID-19

Clues to Why COVID-19 Hits Men Harder Than Women

Cold War Antiseptic May Be Valuable Germ Fighter

College Campuses Are COVID 'Superspreaders,' Study Finds

Colleges in 50 States Seeing COVID Cases on Campus

Communities of Color Struggling to Get Vaccines to Those in Need

Confusion, Seizures: People Hospitalized After Taking Veterinary Drug for COVID

Congress Passes Pandemic Economic Relief Package

Connecticut Man's Illness Suggests Recurrent Case of COVID-19 Is Possible

Contact Tracing Useless Unless It's Speedy: Study

Converting Hotels to Rooms for Homeless People Curbed COVID's Spread

Coping With Cancer and COVID During the Holidays

Coronavirus Antibodies Appear to Stop Reinfection for Months

Coronavirus Can Infect, Inflame the Thyroid

Coronavirus Cases Plateauing in Sun Belt, Spiking in the Midwest

Coronavirus Doesn't Favor Crowded Cities, Study Shows

Coronavirus Found in Human Feces Up to 7 Months After Infection

Coronavirus Hangs Around Even After Symptoms Subside

Coronavirus Immunity Might Last at Least 6 Months

Coronavirus in a Cough: Tests Show Masks Stopping the Spread

Coronavirus Most Contagious Soon After Infection

Coronavirus on a Plane: One Flight's History Outlines the Risk

Coronavirus Was Already Spreading in U.S. in January: Study

Coronaviruses Can Survive on Frozen Meat for a Month

Could a Quick Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19 Be on the Way?

Could Americans Get to COVID Herd Immunity by Late Spring?

Could an App Help Kids With Severe Ear Condition Avoid Surgery?

Could Coffee, Veggies Lower Your Odds for COVID-19?

Could COVID Be Eradicated Someday? Maybe, Experts Say

Could COVID-19 Trigger Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Young?

Could Dentures Raise Your Odds for Pneumonia?

Could Face Shields Replace Masks in Preventing COVID-19?

Could Herpes Viruses Help Drive Type 2 Diabetes?

Could Interferon Drugs Help Fight COVID-19?

Could Lower Testosterone Help Men Ward Off COVID-19?

Could Men's Testosterone Play Role in COVID Survival?

Could Sharks Help Fight the Coronavirus of the Future?

Could Survivors' Blood Help Patients Battling COVID-19? Trials May Tell

Could Your Genes Guard You From the Symptoms of COVID Infection?

Could Your Mask Be a Kind of Vaccine Against COVID-19?

Could Zinc Help Fight COVID-19?

COVID Antibodies Found in Less Than 10% of Americans

COVID Antibodies From Vaccination Are Almost 3 Times Higher Than From Infection

COVID Anxieties Still High for Americans: Poll

COVID Boosters Raise Antibody Levels by 85% in Nursing Home Residents

COVID Boosters Targeted to Latest Variants Could Be Ready After Labor Day

COVID Can Affect Brains of Hospitalized Kids

COVID Can 'Rebound' After Treatment With Paxlovid, CDC Says

COVID Cases Climb in the Midwest as British Variant Takes Hold in U.S.

COVID Cases Could Double by Biden's Inauguration: Study

COVID Cases Reach 500 Million Worldwide

COVID Cases Surge Again in U.S. Nursing Homes

COVID Conflicts Are Putting Big Strains on Relationships

COVID Could Harm Men's Sperm Months After Infection

COVID Crisis Has Stalled Fight Against HIV/AIDS

COVID Death Toll Passes 4 Million Globally

COVID Death Toll Tops 5 Million Worldwide

COVID Deaths Cluster in Poorly Vaccinated Communities

COVID Deaths Continue to Decline in U.S.

COVID Drove Biggest Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy Since World War II

COVID Drug Paxlovid Might Also Fight Long COVID

COVID Falls From America's #1 Killer to #7 by June

COVID Has Killed More Americans Than the Spanish Flu Did in 1918

COVID Hits Young Adults Harder Than Thought: Study

COVID in Kids: The Most Telling Symptoms

COVID in Pregnancy Won't Affect Obstetric Outcomes: Study

COVID Infection Raises a Child's Odds for Type 1 Diabetes by 72%

COVID Infection Unlikely From Hospital Surfaces: Study

COVID May Be Tied to Rise in Brain Infections in Children

COVID May Have Been Circulating in LA Months Earlier Than Believed

COVID May Trigger Heart Condition in Young Athletes

COVID Meds Appear to Work Against BA.2 Omicron Variant

COVID More Lethal for People Living With HIV

COVID No More Deadly for People With Asthma, Large Study Shows

COVID Origins Tied to Raccoon Dogs Sold at Wuhan Market

COVID Pandemic May Have Driven a Flu Strain Into Extinction

COVID Pandemic Shortened U.S. Life Expectancy by More Than a Year

COVID Pandemic Slowed Progress Against Antibiotic-Resistant 'Superbugs'

COVID Rapid Test Makers Struggling to Meet Demand

COVID Rebound Not Limited to Those Who Took Paxlovid

COVID Reinfections Are Now Common. Will Getting a Booster Even Help?

COVID Shots' Effect Fades, But Boosters Bring Protection Back: Study

COVID Spreads Quickly in Crowded Homes, Poor Neighborhoods

COVID Symptoms Haunt Nearly Half of Hospitalized Patients a Year Later

COVID Threatens the 3 out of 4 Americans Who Can't Work From Home

'COVID Toe' Lesions Probably Not Caused by COVID-19, Studies Find

COVID Vaccination Provides Better Protection Than Prior Infection: Study

COVID Vaccine Advised for Alzheimer's Patients, Their Caregivers

COVID Vaccine Boosters Crucial for Some Cancer Patients: Study

COVID Vaccine Boosts Protection, Even After Prior Infection: Study

COVID Vaccine Rollout Could Begin Mid-December, Fauci Says

COVID Vaccine Won't Raise Stroke Risk

COVID Vaccines Cut Odds of Hospitalization By Two-Thirds

COVID Vaccines Offer Good Protection for People Living With HIV

COVID Vaccines Saved 20 Million Lives Worldwide in First Year

COVID Vaccines’ Power Fades With Time, But Still Protective: Study

COVID Variant Tied to Heart Inflammation in Cats, Dogs

COVID Virus Is Evolving Three Times Faster in Deer Versus Humans

COVID Virus’ Incubation Time Gets Shorter With Each New Variant

COVID Was a Leading Cause of Death for 2020, 2021

COVID Widespread Among Iowa Deer

COVID-19 Antibodies Decline Quickly in Donated Plasma: Study

COVID-19 Appears to Have No Lasting Impact on College Athletes' Hearts

COVID-19 Cases Drop in Warm Weather, But Not Much

COVID-19 Caused U.S. Life Expectancy to Drop by 1 Full Year

COVID-19 Concerns Shouldn't Shut Down Police Brutality Protests: Health Experts

COVID-19 Deaths Have Already Left 1.2 Million Americans Grieving

COVID-19 ICU Patients Have High Risk of Clots, Research Shows

COVID-19 Immunity Might Last at Least 8 Months: Study

COVID-19 Is Tougher on Older Men, and Scientists May Now Know Why

COVID-19 May Have Spread Between Humans, Deer

COVID-19 May Strike More Cats Than Believed

COVID-19 May Trigger High Blood Sugar, Raising Death Risk: Study

COVID-19 May Trigger Long-Term Thyroid Issues: Study

COVID-19 Not Likely to Be Transmitted by Breast Milk: Study

COVID-19 Precautions Extend to Car Seats, Seat Belts

COVID-19 Prevention Might Translate Into Record Low Flu Rates: CDC

COVID-19 Still Rare in Kids, But Far From Harmless: Study

COVID-19 'Super Spreaders' Quickly Fill Room With Virus -- But Masks Help

COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys

COVID-19 Tied to Blood Clots; Blood Thinners Could Boost Survival

COVID-19 Tied to Raised Risk of Post-Op Death: Study

COVID-19 Typically Mild for Babies: Study

Current Monkeypox Outbreak Is Showing Different Symptoms

Daily Average of COVID Hospitalizations in US Hits 100,000

Dangerous Germs Floating on Microplastics in Ocean Wind Up in Food, Water

Dangerous Parasite That Can Infect People Now Found in U.S. Foxes

Deadly Listeria Outbreak Linked to Ice Cream

Debunking Myths That Have Some Parents Resisting COVID Vaccines for Teens

Deer Can Shed Coronavirus for 5 Days After Infection

Deer Carry COVID Variants No Longer Seen in People

'Delta Plus' Variant Surfaces in 8 U.S. States

Delta Variant Convinced Many to Get Vaccinated: Poll

Delta Variant Has Americans' Stress Levels Rising Again: Poll

Delta Variant Now Fueling 99% of U.S. COVID Cases

Delta Variant Subtype on Rise in U.K.

Delta Variant Ups Risk of Stillbirth, Death During Pregnancy, Reports Show

Demand for Monkeypox Vaccine Overwhelms U.S. Cities

Dental Practices Rebound as U.S. Dentists Look Forward to COVID Vaccine

Depression in Youth Ups Odds for Adult Illnesses: Study

Despite Medical Advances, People With HIV Still Live Shorter, Sicker Lives

Despite Reopening, Britain Sees 6 Straight Days of Declines in COVID Cases

Despite Setbacks, Reason for Hope Against COVID as 2020 Ends

Despite Threat of Lyme Disease, Tick Control Lags Across U.S.

Dexamethasone Can Help the Sickest COVID Patients Survive. So Why Are Too Few Getting It?

Diabetes Is Deadlier for Black Americans: Study

Did Columbus Really Introduce Syphilis to Europe?

Did People Smoke More or Less During the Pandemic?

Did the New Coronavirus Come From Pangolins? New Study Says It's Possible

Dirtier Air May Bring More COVID-19 Deaths

Disappointment and Hope From Two HIV Prevention Trials

DNA Sensor Can Spot When COVID Is Contagious

Do Not Use At-Home COVID Test Swabs in the Throat: FDA

Do Ordinary Eyeglasses Offer Protection Against COVID-19?

Doctors Answer Your Questions About RSV

Doctors Pulled Live Worm From Australian Woman's Brain

Does an Arthritis Drug Help Patients Battling Severe COVID? It Depends on the Study

Does Prior Omicron Infection Shield Against Future Infection? Maybe Not

Do-It-Yourself COVID Tests Work Fine, Without the Discomfort: Study

Double Trouble: Wildfire Smoke Could Boost Odds for COVID's Spread

'Double-Masking' It? Proper Fit Is Crucial, Study Finds

Dozens of Mammals May Be at Risk for Coronavirus Infection

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo Will Replace Fauci to Lead National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Drug Long Used for Alcoholism Might Fight Severe COVID-19

Early CDC COVID Tests Were Not Only Contaminated, But Flawed: Report

Early Promise for COVID Vaccine Taken as Pill

Early Results Show Moderna's COVID Vaccine Safe, Effective in Older People

Early Strain of COVID-19 Spread Fast Because First Symptom Was Cough: Study

Early U.S. Vaccine Rollout Saved 140,000 Lives, Prevented 3 Million COVID Cases

Effectiveness of Antiviral Drugs Against Monkeypox Uncertain: Study

Empty Stadiums, COVID Fears: How Will It Affect Olympic Athletes?

EU Says Europe Out of 'Emergency' Phase of Pandemic

Even Delta Variant Can't Evade Vaccine-Linked Antibodies: Study

Even Mild COVID Illness May Induce Long-Lasting Antibody Response

Even T. Rex Had Bone Trouble

Even When Undergoing Treatment, People With MS Gain From COVID Vaccines

Even With Mild COVID, Obesity May Mean Worse Symptoms

Even With PPE, Risk of COVID-19 Still High for Frontline Workers

Eviction Bans Helped Stop COVID's Spread in Cities: Study

Exercise May Be a Buffer Against Pneumonia

Exhaled 'Aerosols' Spread Coronavirus Up to 13 Feet, Shoes Carry Virus, Too

Face Masks Can Help Prevent Viral Spread, but They Aren't Perfect: Study

Face Masks, Yes, But Don't Forget Hand-Washing Too

Face Shields No Good as Substitute for Masks, Study Shows

Face Shields No Match for COVID Spread

Fauci 'Cautiously Optimistic' for COVID-19 Vaccine by Year's End

Fauci Supports NFL's Tough New COVID Policy

Fauci Tests Positive for COVID, Has Mild Symptoms

Fauci Warns of Another Surge of COVID Cases After Thanksgiving Travel

FDA Advisory Panel to Meet on COVID Booster Shots

FDA Approves First Breath Test for COVID

FDA Approves First Pill for Fecal Transplant Therapy

FDA Approves First Rapid COVID Test for Home Use

FDA Approves First RSV Vaccine

FDA Approves Omicron-Specific Booster Shots From Pfizer, Moderna

FDA Approves RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Women to Help Shield Newborns

FDA Finds Contamination Issues at Eye Drops Plant

FDA Gives OK to Merck's Antiviral At-Home COVID Pill

FDA OKs First Over-the-Counter Home Test for COVID-19

FDA OKs Pfizer Pill as First At-Home COVID Treatment

FDA Panel Backs First RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Protect Infants

FDA Panel Mulls Merck's COVID Antiviral Pill

FDA Panel OKs Pfizer Booster Shot for People 65 or Older, But Not Younger

FDA Panel to Vote on First RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Protect Infants

FDA Proposes Tougher Rules for Tattoo Providers to Curb Contaminated Inks

FDA Stretches Monkeypox Vaccine Supply by Authorizing Smaller Doses

FDA Warns Against Overuse of TPOXX Monkeypox Drug

FDA Warns of U.S. Norovirus Cases Linked to Canadian Oysters

Fecal Transplant Treatments Could Transmit Monkeypox, FDA Warns

Fever, Fatigue: Scientists Pinpoint the Brain's 'Sickness Center'

Few Kids Seeing a Dentist Have COVID-19, Study Finds

Few People Get Infected Heart Devices Removed, Despite Benefit

Few U.S. Workers Know About COVID Sick Leave Protections

Fewer Kids May Be Carrying Coronavirus Without Symptoms Than Believed: Study

Final Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Get Underway

First Case of COVID-19 Triggering Recurrent Clots in Patient's Arm

First FDA-Approved Fecal-Based Treatment Helps Fight a Tough Superbug

First Human Challenge Trial Shows How COVID-19 Strikes

First Needle-Free COVID Vaccines Get OK in India, China

First U.S. Monkeypox Death Reported in Texas

First U.S. Omicron Case Reported in California

First U.S. Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Reported in New York

'Flattening the Curve' Saves More Lives Than Thought

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Cases Spike in Florida County After Hurricane Ian

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills 3 People in Connecticut, New York

Florida Company Recalls All Ice Cream Products Over Possible Listeria Contamination

Florida Man Dies from Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection

Flu Has Started Early and With a Punch: CDC

Flu Shot Even More Important During Pandemic: Expert

Flu Shots for Kids Protect Everybody, Study Shows

Flu Vaccine No Match for Circulating Variants This Season

Flu Virus Can Travel on Dust Particles. Does the Same Hold True for Coronavirus?

Flu, RSV, COVID: Shield Yourself From the 'Tripledemic' This Holiday

Flushing a Public Toilet? Be Sure to Wear a Mask

Following Infection Outbreak, Experts Offer Guidance on Safe Use of Eyedrops

For COVID-19 Survivors, Virus Test 1 Month Out May Be Needed

For Many Pregnant Women, COVID-19 Has Prolonged Effect

For Survivors, COVID-Related Heart, Lung Issues Can Ease Over Time

Four Teachers in Same Florida County Die of COVID-19 Within 24 Hours

Free COVID Tests, Treatments for Uninsured Americans Cut for Lack of Funding

Frequent Hand-Washing Tough on Those With Eczema

Gay Community Most Vulnerable to Monkeypox Threat, Vaccines Available Soon: CDC

Gay Men Are Cutting Back on Sex to Avoid Monkeypox

Gene Study Shows How Coronavirus Swept Through the Diamond Princess

Gene That Shielded Some Against Black Death May Be Helping, Harming People Today

Genes Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Down Syndrome

Get COVID-19 Vaccines to Poor Nations Instead of Making Booster Shots: WHO

Getting Vaccine After Infection Might Curb Long COVID

Giving Birth During the Pandemic? Facts You Need to Know

Global Consortium Finds Genes That Drive Severe COVID-19

Got Your COVID Vaccine? Don't Stop Being Cautious, Experts Say

Gut Microbes Could Play Role in HIV Infection

Had COVID or Gotten Vaccine? Hospitalization Is 'Extremely Uncommon'

Half of COVID Survivors Struggle With Depression: Study

Half of People Infected With Omicron May Not Have Known It: Study

Have to Travel During Spring Break? Here's How to Stay Safe

Having Kids Around Might Shield You From Severe COVID: Study

He Watched His Hospitalized Son Battle COVID-Linked Illness

Health Care Workers More Likely to Catch COVID at Home, Not Workplace

Health Care Workers Were At Highest COVID Risk in Workplace

Health Experts Support End to Masks, Tests for Air Travel

Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study

Heart Defects Don't Increase Risk of Severe COVID-19

Heart Inflammation Very Rare After COVID Vaccination

Heart Troubles Ease Over Time in Kids With MIS-C

Hepatitis B Shots Advised for All U.S. Adults Under 60

Hepatitis C Can Kill, But Too Many Can't Access the Cure

Hepatitis C Treatments: A Comprehensive Guide

Herd Immunity for Americans May Be an Elusive Goal, Experts Say

High Blood Levels of Cadmium May Be Tied to Worse COVID-19

High Blood Pressure Doubles Odds That COVID Will Be Severe

High Demand for At-Home COVID Tests Could Hamper Supply, Abbott Says

High Viral Loads Make Kids 'Silent Spreaders' of COVID-19

High-Tech Rings Are Tracking COVID-19 'Warning Signs'

Hispanic, Black Americans on Dialysis Face Higher Risks for Dangerous Infections

HIV May Not Worsen COVID-19 Outlook

Home Drug Infusions Can Be Dangerous, But Many Home Care Staff Aren't Trained

Homeless Shelters Are 'TinderBoxes' for Coronavirus, Studies Show

Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion

Hospitals Are Rationing COVID Pills, Infusions as Cases Rise

Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home

Hospitals: One Reason COVID Is More Lethal for Black Americans

How 4 U.S. Cities Helped Slow Coronavirus Spread

How Bad Was COVID in Your State? Governor's Party Affiliation Was Key

How Contact Lenses Affect Your Risk of COVID-19

How Dangerous Is Coronavirus to the Middle-Aged?

How Do You Get Hepatitis C? Here’s What to Know

How Easily Can Singing Spread COVID-19?

How Easily Does Coronavirus Spread at Home?

How Long Do Lockdowns Keep People at Home?

How Many Days Do COVID Antibodies Stick Around?

How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone

How Much Should the Delta Variant Worry You?

How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero

How One Patient's Battle With COVID-19 Changed U.S. Testing Protocols

How the COVID Virus Sneaks Past Immune Defenses

How the Pandemic Is Changing Summer Camp

How to Care for a New Body Piercing

How to Get Rid of a Toothache: The Best Remedies

How Worried Should the World Be About Bird Flu in Humans?

How Worried Should You Be About New Reports on Polio?

HPV 'Herd Immunity' Now Helping Vaccinated, Unvaccinated Women

HPV Infection Tied to Higher Odds of Premature Delivery

HPV Vaccination Could Rid U.S. of Most Mouth, Throat Cancers in Men

HPV Vaccination Rises in States That Don't Require Parental Consent

HRT Might Help Older Women Ward Off Recurrent UTIs

Huge Study Shows Masks Do Indeed Limit Coronavirus Spread

Humans Pass Coronavirus to Deer, Creating Reservoir for Variants

Hundreds of Overseas Flights Canceled After Mask Rules Dropped

If You Already Had COVID, Do You Need the COVID Vaccine?

If You've Had COVID, One Vaccine Jab Will Do: Study

Illinois Mandated 'Stay-at-Home' Orders, Nearby Iowa Didn't: Here's What Happened

Immune System May 'Remember' Infections From Previous Coronaviruses

Immune System T-Cells Can Fight Off Omicron

Immunity After COVID-19 Illness May Last at Least 1 Year

Immunocompromised? Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Might Still Protect You

In 10 Years, COVID-19 Could Be 'Just the Sniffles'

In Early Days of Outbreak, Access to Mpox Vaccine Varied by Race

In Florida County Where 3 Teachers Died, School Board Member Pleads for Safeguards

In Global Study, Tougher Mask Laws Linked to Fewer COVID Deaths

In Medieval Times, Plagues 'Sped Up' With Each New Outbreak

In Newly Discovered Case, a Coronavirus Has Jumped From Dog to Human

In NYC at Least, Routine Child Vaccinations Rebound After Lockdown

In Rare Case, COVID-19 Test Caused Spinal Fluid Leak

In Rare Cases, Monkeypox Can Trigger Dangerous Brain Inflammation

In Rare Cases, People Can Get COVID After Vaccination

In Some Cases, COVID-19 May Harm the Brain

In the COVID Era, Dental Appointments Won't Be the Same

Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases

Inhaled COVID Vaccine Shows Promise in Animal Trials

Interferon Shot Might Keep COVID-19 Patients Out of the Hospital

Is a Really Bad Flu Season on the Way?

Is a 'Twindemic' of COVID-19 and Flu Coming This Fall?

Is Flu Ready for a Comeback? Get Your Shot

Is It COVID, Flu or RSV? New At-Home Test May Tell

Is It COVID? Early Signs May Differ by Age, Gender

Is It Safe to Have Surgery Soon After a COVID Diagnosis?

Is It Time to End Universal Masking in Hospitals, Clinics? Many Experts Think So

Is the ‘Delta Plus’ COVID Variant a New Concern?

Is the First Cure for Advanced Rabies Near?

Is the Mumps Vaccine Becoming Less Effective?

It's Tick Season: Protect Yourself From Lyme Disease

I've Lost My Sense of Smell: Is It COVID?

Jailing, Arrest Practices Are Fueling COVID-19 Spread: Study

Jergens Moisturizer Recalled Due to Bacteria Risk

Join the Chorus: Singing Can Be Safe During Pandemic

Judge Rules Against Florida's Ban on School Mask Mandates

Key Facts You Need to Know About Monkeypox

Key to Battling UTIs May Lie in 'Good' Germs Within the Bladder

Kidney Failure Often a COVID-19 Complication

Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk of Fatal COVID-19: Study

Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study

Kids at 2 Utah Day Cares Easily Spread COVID to Families

Kids Can Carry High, Infectious Levels of COVID Coronavirus

Kids 'Efficient' Transmitters as COVID-19 Raced Through a Georgia Summer Camp

Kids Much Less Prone to Coronavirus Infection Than Adults: Study

Kids' Robust Immune Systems May Shield Them From COVID-19: Study

Kids, Teens Usually Have Mild COVID-19 Infections, Rarely Fatal Ones: Study

Kroger, Walmart Hike Prices on COVID At-Home Tests

L.A. Is First Major School District to Mandate Vaccines for Students 12 and Up

LA County Coronavirus Infections Are Up to 55 Times That of Reported Cases

Lab Experiments Show How Masks Could Protect Against COVID-19

Large-Scale Pandemics Aren't as Rare as You Think: Study

Leprosy on the Rise in Florida: An Expert Answers Your Questions

Less Than 1% of People Who've Had Severe COVID Get Re-Infected

Less Than Three-Quarters of March Madness Fans Wore Masks Properly

Life Expectancy Could Decline Worldwide Due to COVID-19

Limited-Seating Football Games Don't Seem to Spread COVID: Study

Long COVID Often Brings Another Issue: Stigma

Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays

Longer, Worse COVID Leaves Stronger Antibodies: Study

Long-Haul COVID in Kids Typically Ends Within 3 Months: Study

Long-Haul COVID Symptoms Common, Rise With Severity of Illness

Long-Lasting Immunity Seems to Follow Serious COVID Cases

Long-Term Heart Inflammation Strikes 1 in 8 Hospitalized COVID Patients

Looking for Accurate Info on Mpox? Maybe Avoid TikTok

Los Angeles Passes Country's Strictest Vaccine Mandate

Loss of Smell More Common in COVID-19 Than Thought

Lost Sense of Smell Returns for Almost All COVID Survivors

Low Risk of Mom Passing COVID to Newborn

Low Risk That Scientists Can Pass Coronavirus to North American Bats

Low Vaccination Rates Put U.S. at High Risk of New Mpox Outbreaks

Low Vitamin D Levels Tied to Higher Odds for Severe COVID

Madonna Hospitalized With 'Serious' Infection; Postpones Tour

Major Medical Groups Urge Americans to Wear Face Masks

Major Trial of Monkeypox Treatment TPOXX to Launch in Africa

Making Sure You Don't Get RSV This Winter: An Expert Offers Tips

Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home

Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine

Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken

Many Health Care Workers Who Have Coronavirus Don't Have Symptoms: Study

Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms

Many Kids Who Develop Severe COVID-Linked Syndrome Have Neurologic Symptoms

Many Older Adults Confused About Proper Use of Antibiotics: Poll

Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage

Many States Move to Ban Vaccine Mandates, Passports in Public Schools

Many Strains of a Dangerous Foodborne Bacteria Are Now Antibiotic-Resistant

Many U.S. Homes Too Cramped to Stop COVID-19's Spread

Many U.S. Parents Avoid Vaccine Talks With Child's Doctor

Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries

Mask Mandates in Schools Curb Infections, CDC Studies Show

Mask Wearing Declines, Even as COVID-19 Touches More U.S. Lives: Poll

Masking Up Again? Here's What Protects Best

Maskless Tourists Could Pass COVID-19 to Wild Gorillas

Masks and Summer Heat: Not a Great Mix, But Experts Have Tips

Masks at the Gym: Uncomfortable But Not Unsafe, Study Finds

Masks Cut Distance Coronavirus Travels in Half, Study Finds

Masks Vital to Stopping COVID at Gyms, Studies Show

Masks, Video Calls: Pandemic Is Hampering Communication for Those With Hearing Problems

Massachusetts Man Has Monkeypox, Following Clusters in Europe

Medical Mistrust Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanics

Meningitis Cases Rising Among Gay Men With HIV

Men's Genital Bacteria Help Predict Partners' Risk for Vaginal Infection: Study

Mental Health Issues Linked to Higher Risk of Breakthrough COVID Infections

Mild COVID-19 Often Appears With Only Gastro Symptoms: Study

Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms

Mission Possible: Tips for Safe Grocery Shopping During the Pandemic

Mississippi Health System Buckles Under 'Astounding' Rise in COVID Cases

Mix n' Match COVID Vaccine Strategy Works Well: Study

Moderna COVID Vaccine Offers Protection for at Least 6 Months: Study

Moderna Says Its Booster Protects Well Against Omicron

Moderna Says Its Combo Vaccine Effective Against Omicron

Moderna Says Updated Vaccine Tackles Omicron

Moderna Vaccine May Shield More Against Breakthrough Infections Than Pfizer: Study

Monkeypox Can Be Passed On Even Before Symptoms Appear

Monkeypox Can Harm the Heart

Monkeypox Case Confirmed in U.S. Resident, Threat of Spread Is Low

Monkeypox Cases May Finally Be Ebbing, With Declines Seen in Europe, WHO Says

Monkeypox Cases Rising Slowly in the U.S., CDC Says

Monkeypox in Kids, Teens Is Rare and Seldom Severe: CDC

Monkeypox May Get New Name to Curb Stigma

Monkeypox May Sometimes Spread Through the Air

Monkeypox Not the Next Pandemic, WHO Expert Says

Monkeypox Renamed MPox Amid Racism Concerns

Monoclonal Antibody Might Help Prevent Malaria

Monoclonal Antibody Rx for COVID Can Be Safely Given by Injection: Study

More Cases in E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Wendy's Restaurant Lettuce

More Cases of Monkeypox Emerge in Portugal as Outbreak Widens

More Clues to Why Kids Have Much Milder COVID-19

More COVID-19 Patients in ICUs Are Surviving Now: Study

More Data Suggests New Coronavirus Variants Weaken Vaccines, Treatments

More Evidence Heart Risk From COVID Vaccine Is Very Low

More Evidence Masks Slow COVID's Spread

More Evidence That Masks Help Shield You From Coronavirus

More Flights Canceled as Omicron Continues to Hit Flight Crews

More Infectious COVID Variant Likely Widespread in the U.S., Experts Say

More Layers Are Better With Homemade Face Masks

More Mpox Cases Reported as Health Officials Fear a Summer Resurgence

More Pets May Be Getting COVID-19 Than Realized

More Symptoms of Coronavirus: COVID Toes, Skin Rashes

More Than Half of Americans Know Someone Infected or Ill With COVID: Poll

More Than Three-Quarters of Americans 16 and Older Have Been Infected With COVID: CDC

Most Americans May Keep Wearing Masks, Distancing Even After Pandemic: Survey

Most Americans Oppose COVID Vaccine Mandates: Survey

Most Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases Stay That Way, Cruise Ship Data Shows

Most COVID Long-Haulers Still Having Symptoms 15 Months Later

Most Newborns of COVID-19-Infected Moms Fare Well

Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal

Most Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Report Symptoms Many Weeks After 'Recovery'

Most U.S. States Reopening as Coronavirus Cases Decline

Most Workers Report for Duty With Flu-Like Symptoms, Global Survey Shows

Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home

Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV

Mutation Helps Coronavirus Infect More Human Cells, Study Shows

Narrow Hallways Ideal for Coronavirus Spread: Study

Navy Ship Outbreak Shows Most Young Aren't Spared COVID Symptoms

NBA Study Shows Post-COVID Viral Transmission Rare, Even With Positive Test

Nearly 200,000 COVID Home Tests Recalled Over False Positives

Nearly 59,000 Meatpacking Workers Caught COVID, While 269 Died: Report

Nearly 600,000 U.S. Kids Had COVID Last Week

Nearly 900,000 U.S. Kids Under 12 Have Gotten Their First COVID Shot

Nearly All Americans Who Got First COVID Shot Are Are Getting Their Second

Nearly Half of Coronavirus Infections May Be Asymptomatic

Need an At-Home COVID Test? Here's Help Finding and Using One

Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery

Negative COVID Test May Be Required After 5 Day's Isolation Among Asymptomatic

Nervous About Returning to Work? Take Precautions Against Coronavirus

Neuro Symptoms of Long COVID May Persist for Months

Neurodevelopmental Issues Double in Babies Exposed to COVID in Womb: Study

New Antibiotic Could Help Fight Resistant Staph Infections

New BA.2 COVID Subvariant Taking Hold in United States

New Clues to Recent Hepatitis Outbreak in Kids

New Coronavirus Can Also Infect Cells in the Mouth

New Coronavirus Can Infect Your Eyes as Well as Your Lungs

New Coronavirus Lingers in Penis and Could Cause Impotence

New Coronavirus Strain More Contagious, Scientists Say

New Coronavirus Variant Out of Brazil Now in 5 U.S. States

New COVID Cases Double in U.S. in Past Three Weeks

New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year

New COVID Variant EG.5 Now Dominant in U.S., CDC Says

New COVID Variant May Be Less Threatening Than First Feared

New COVID Variant XBB Is Gaining Ground Among Americans

New COVID-19 Tracking App May Find 'Hotspots' Across America

New Data Details Dangers of Delta Variant, Even for the Vaccinated

New Drug Halves Death Rate in Those With Severe COVID, Maker Claims

New Insights Into How COVID-19 Damages the Brain

New Malaria Case Reported in Florida Brings National Total to 8

New Omicron Subvariant Causing COVID-19 Spike in South Africa

New Omicron Subvariant Is Spreading in India, U.S.

New Research Shows COVID Vaccines Still Protect Against Severe Disease

New Review Claims First COVID Patient was Wuhan Market Vendor

New RSV Vaccine May Prevent Illness in Infants, Seniors

New Study Sheds Doubt on Notion Kids Aren't COVID-19 Spreaders

New Type of Antibiotic Could Fight Tough-to-Treat UTIs

New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Another High

New U.S. COVID Vaccinations Climb for the Longest Stretch in Months

New U.S. Monkeypox Coordinator Named as California, Illinois Declare Public Health Emergencies

New Variants Mean COVID Vaccines, Tests May Need Tweaking: FDA

New White House Website Speeds Access to Free COVID Care

New Worry: 'Flurona,' When COVID Meets the Flu

New York City Rats Can Carry COVID Virus

New York Declares Emergency After Finding More Spread of Poliovirus

New York Reports 5 Omicron Cases, U.S. Total Rises to 9

New Yorkers Warned of Possible Community Spread of Polio

Newborn May Have Contracted Coronavirus in the Womb: Report

Newborns of Moms With COVID-19 Face Little Infection Risk: Study

No Evidence Breastfeeding Can Transmit Coronavirus

No Evidence Coronavirus Spreads Through Food or Food Packaging: FDA

No Good Evidence on Accuracy of Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Study

No Lasting Damage to Lungs After COVID in Young Patients: Study

No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19

No Link Seen Between COVID, Guillain-Barré Syndrome

No Side Effects From Your COVID Vaccine? Don't Worry, It's Still Working

No Sign COVID Raises Odds for Preterm Delivery, Stillbirths

No Sign Mild COVID in Pregnancy Can Harm Infant Brain

No Spectators to Be Allowed at Tokyo Olympic Games

Normal Conversation Spreads Virus-Laden Droplets Beyond 6 Feet

Noses Might Be Kids' Secret Weapon Against COVID

Not Just COVID: Humans Pass Many Illnesses to Wild Animals

Not-So-Happy-Birthdays: Parties Helped Spread COVID, Study Finds

Nursing Home Staff Closest to Patients Are Least Likely to Get COVID Vaccines

Nursing Homes Used COVID Meds Less Than Expected During Pandemic

NYC Opens First Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic in U.S.

Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study

Omicron Cases Pass U.S. Peak Seen With Delta, But With Fewer Hospitalizations

Omicron Now Accounts for 73% of New COVID Cases: CDC

Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study

Omicron Silver Lining: Fewer, Milder Cases of MIS-C in Kids

Omicron Spreading Through Africa Twice as Fast as Delta Did

Omicron Variant Spurs New York Officials to Recommend Masking Indoors

Omicron Wave Had 5 Times as Many Small Kids Hospitalized Compared to Delta

'On Edge': Anxious Americans Line Up for Scarce Monkeypox Vaccines

One Big Reason Women May Be Less Prone to COVID-19

One Dose of Pfizer Vaccine May Be Enough for Folks Who've Had COVID

Only 1 in 4 Long COVID Sufferers Fully Recovered One Year Later

Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study

Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs

Pandemic at a Tipping Point: WHO

'Pandemic Fatigue' Setting in? Here's How to Stay Safe and Strong

Pandemic Fuels Interest in Careers in Infectious Disease

Pandemic Gave Clues to Cause of Rare Heart Condition in Kids

Pandemic Is Adding to Teachers' Stress, and Quit Rates

Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths

Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny

Pandemic to Endemic: Is a New Normal Near?

Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began -- and Might End

Parents, Arm Your Kids Against COVID-19 With Good Hand-Washing Habits

Patients' Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds

Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant

Patient-to-Patient Transmission Not to Blame for Most C. Difficile Infections in Hospitals

Paxlovid Lowers Risk of Long COVID

Pediatricians' Group Urges That All Infants Get New RSV Shot

People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study

People Exhale Less COVID Virus as Their Infection Wanes

People Mount Strong Immune Responses to Coronavirus, Boding Well for a Vaccine

People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID

People With Intellectual Disabilities Are Being Hit Hard by COVID-19

People With Intellectual Disabilities at High Risk for Fatal COVID-19

People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox

Permanent Nerve Damage for Some COVID-19 Survivors

Pet Store Puppies Passing Drug-Resistant Bacteria to People

Pfizer COVID Pill to Be Made, Sold Cheaply in 95 Poor Countries

Pfizer COVID Shots 73% Protective in Kids Under 5

Pfizer or Moderna? Head-to-Head Study Shows One Shot Has an Edge

Pfizer Says Final Data Shows COVID Pill Stays Strong Against Severe Illness

Pfizer Says Lower Dose of Its COVID Vaccine Protects Younger Children

Pfizer Says New COVID Pill Cut Severe Disease by 89%

Pfizer Says Omicron-Specific Vaccine Ready by March

Pfizer Shot May Help Fight COVID Variants in People Previously Infected

Pfizer to Ask FDA Soon for Approval of Its COVID Vaccine for Younger Children

Pfizer Vaccine Disappoints in Kids Ages 2 to 5

Pfizer Vaccine Is 90% Effective 3 Weeks After First Shot, Early Study Shows

Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second

Pfizer's COVID Vaccine Shows 'Robust' Results in Early Trial

Pharmacy Exec Behind Meningitis Outbreak Gets Longer Prison Sentence

Physics Shows Why 20 Seconds Is Right for Hand-Washing

'Pink Eye' Often a Symptom of COVID-19, and Infection Via Tears Possible

Plane Wastewater Study Shows How COVID Travel Restrictions Failed

Plasma Therapy Aids Recovery in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Poll Finds COVID Low on Parents' Summer Camp Checklist

Poll Finds Herd Immunity in U.S. Possible by Summer

Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk

Polluted Air Linked to Dangerous Antibiotic Resistance

Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service

Precautions Even More Important With New Coronavirus Variant: Experts

Pregnant Women Need to Guard Against Coronavirus

Pregnant Women With COVID-19 at High Risk for Complications

PrEP Implant That Protects Against HIV Could Be Near

Prior COVID Infection May Shield You From Another for at Least 10 Months

Prior COVID Won't Shield Kids From Omicron, But Vaccine Might

Prior Exposure to Common Cold Won't Shield You From COVID: Study

Protecting Wildlife Key to Preventing the Next Big Pandemic

Provincetown Outbreak Shows Delta Can Spread Among Vaccinated, But Cases Are Mild

Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll

Rare 'Breakthrough' COVID Infections in Vaccinated Are Milder: Study

Rare Cases of Monkeypox Diagnosed in Britain

Rare, Deadly Bacterial Illness Is Now in United States, CDC Warns

Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study

Real-World Studies Show Pfizer Vaccine Shields Against COVID Variants

Real-World Study Shows Power of Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines to Prevent COVID

Recent Monkeypox Symptoms Differ From Those of Prior Outbreaks

Record High COVID Cases and Deaths Reported in Florida

Rectal Pill May Give Days-Long Protection Against HIV: Study

Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients

Regeneron Says Its Antibody Cocktail Likely Weakened by Omicron Variant

Remdesivir Will Not Be Enough to Curb COVID-19, Study Finds

Repeat Infections With COVID-19 May Become the Norm

Report Finds World Ill-Prepared for Next Pandemic

Report Shows Arizona Man Infected His Dog, Cat With COVID-19

Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly

Researchers Seek Antiviral Pill That Would Ease COVID Severity

Reusing Contact Lenses Raises Odds for Rare Eye Infection

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Fight Severe COVID-19, Early Data Show

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Help Save Hospitalized COVID Patients

Rise in U.K. COVID Cases Closely Watched by U.S. Health Officials

Rising COVID Hospitalizations, New Variants Have Americans on Edge

Risk of Long COVID Falls by Half in 'Breakthrough' Cases

Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk

RSV in Infancy Could Raise a Child's Risk for Asthma

RSV Is Common, Dangerous Infection: What Parents Need to Know

RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn

RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Help Shield Newborns Receives Full U.S. Approval

Saliva Equals Nasal Swab for COVID Test Accuracy

Saliva-Based COVID-19 Test Might Be Alternative to Deep Nasal Swab

San Francisco, N.Y. State Declare Monkeypox Public Health Emergencies

Scans Reveal How COVID-19 Can Harm the Brain

School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds

Schools Can Reopen Safely If Precautions in Place, Australian Study Shows

Schools, Day Care Not a Big Factor in Kids Getting COVID: Study

Science Reveals Cause of Smell Loss in COVID-19

Scientists Discover Why Blood Type May Matter for COVID Infection

Scientists Pinpoint Origins of the Black Death

Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder

Scientists Test Safest Way Driver, Passengers Can Avoid COVID Spread

Second Omicron Case Reported in Man Who Traveled to NYC Anime Convention

Seniors Urged to Get Flu Shots as U.S. Cases Rise

Sepsis Almost Killed Jake Tapper's Daughter, Alice. Now, She's Working to Keep Others Safe

Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge

Seven States Join Pact to Speed Coronavirus Testing

Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?

Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold

Sex of Fetus May Matter When COVID Strikes in Pregnancy

Shorter COVID Quarantine for College Athletes a Good Idea, Study Finds

Should You Send Your Kid to Summer Camp? Expert Offers Advice

Sick? You'll Need Multiple Tests to Rule Out COVID

Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID

'Silent' COVID-19 More Widespread Than Thought

'Silent' COVID-19 Produces as Much Virus as in Patients With Symptoms: Study

Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19

Singing Without a Face Mask Can Spread COVID-19

Skeletons May Put Blame on Vikings for Smallpox' Spread

Skip Costume Contact Lenses This Halloween

Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19

Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic

'Slow Walkers' at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19

Small Study Supports Donor Plasma Therapy for Severe COVID-19

Small Study Supports TPOXX as Monkeypox Treatment

Smartphone Apps Might Track, Slow Spread of COVID-19

SmartWatches Detect Viral Infection Before Symptoms Surface in Study

Smell, Taste Loss Less Likely With Newer COVID Variants: Study

Social Distancing Probably Stopped 2020 Outbreak of Paralyzing Disorder in Kids

Some At-Home Tests May Miss Omicron in Early Stages of Infection

Some COVID-19 Patients Stricken by Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Some Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Face High Risk of Severe COVID-19

Some Long Haul COVID Patients Are Feeling Better After Vaccination

Some Myeloma Patients Get No Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines

Some Republicans Calling for 'Natural Immunity' Exception to COVID Vaccines

Southern California Is Origin of New COVID-19 Variant

Speech Alone May Spread COVID-19, Study Shows

States Start to Loosen Restrictions as U.S. COVID Cases Level Off

STDs May Be More Common Than Thought Among U.S. High School Kids

Still Feeling Nervous About Holiday Gatherings? Survey Finds You're Not Alone

Stool Samples From the 1980s Hold Clues to Fighting HIV Today

Stop Using Ivermectin Veterinary Drug to Treat COVID, FDA Urges

Straight Talk From Front-Line Experts on Wearing a Mask

Strep Infections Surged This Winter

Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key

Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care

Studies Show COVID-19 Can Infect and Harm Digestive Organs

Studies Show Power of Pfizer Vaccine Starts to Wane After Two Months

Study Confirms Effectiveness of Mpox Vaccine

Study Confirms Restaurants, Bars Are COVID Infection Hotspots

Study Pushes Back Smallpox Origins Another 2,000 Years

Study Reveals How Coronavirus Travels Indoors

Study Shows Social Distancing Does Cut Your Odds for COVID-19

Study Shows Young COVID Survivors Can Get Reinfected

Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID

Study Suggests COVID Vaccine Booster Shots Will Be Needed

Study Tracks Course of COVID Infection, Transmission in Individual Patients

Study Zeroes in on How Zika Virus Is Passed From Mom to Fetus

Sudden Obsessions, Tantrums: What Is PANS in Kids?

Summer Bug Bite? Expert Gives Answers on Care

Summer Swim? Watch Out for 'Swimmer's Ear'

'Superbug' Fungus Spreads Among Vulnerable in Two U.S. Cities

Surge in Severe Strep Cases in Kids Was Really a Return to Normal: CDC

Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative

Survey Finds U.S. Parents Split on COVID Vaccination for Kids Under 12

Swine Coronavirus Could Jump to People, Researchers Warn

TB Cases Declined in U.S. During Pandemic

Teachers Main Drivers of School COVID Outbreaks, So Vaccinations Needed: Study

Teachers' Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School

Ten Years On, Gene Therapy Still Beating Most Cases of 'Bubble Boy' Immune Disease

Testosterone Might Influence COVID Severity in Men

Texas Governor Has Breakthrough COVID Infection

Texas Mother Transmitted COVID-19 to Unborn Baby: Study

That Cough or Sneeze Behind You Might Not Be COVID: Study

'The Last of Us': How Likely Is a Fungal Apocalypse?

'The Lockdowns Worked,' Experts Say, But Did America Reopen Too Soon?

The New COVID Antiviral Pills: What You Need to Know

There Might Be a Perfect Indoor Humidity to Curb COVID Spread

There's Bad News, Good News on Coronavirus' Spread in Cats

Threatening Eye Condition Rare After COVID Infection

Three New Studies Suggest Omicron Triggers Milder Illness Than Delta

Tick Talk: Know Your Risks This Summer

Tick-Borne Illness Babesiosis Spreads to New U.S. States

Tips to Making a Highly Effective COVID Mask at Home

Today's Homeless Are Getting 'Trench Fever,' Infamous from WW I

Today's Seasonal Flu May Descend From 1918 Pandemic Strain

Too Little Vitamin D Might Raise Odds of Coronavirus Infection

Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci

Touching Your Face Is a Coronavirus Danger: Tips to Help You Stop

TPOXX Is the Only Monkeypox Treatment -- If You Can Get It

Track Viruses, Not Animal Carriers, to Prevent Future Pandemics

Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous

Troubling Rise Seen in Both COVID, RSV Cases Among Children

Troubling Signs TB Is Gaining Resistance Against Combo Antibiotics

Trump Was Much Sicker With COVID-19 Than Was Revealed

TSA Extends Mask Mandate for U.S. Travelers to January

TV Remotes, Nurse Call Buttons: Where Coronavirus Lingers in Nursing Homes

Two Bird Flu Cases in Cambodia Did Not Spread Person-to-Person

Two More Brands of Eyedrops Recalled Over Infection Risks

Two New Omicron Subvariants Fueling COVID Infections in New York State

Two Out of Three California Prison Inmates Said Yes to COVID Vaccine

Two Vaccines May Soon Shield Seniors Against RSV

Two-Thirds of Mild COVID Cases Leave Long-Term Symptoms

U.K. Variant Won't Trigger More Severe COVID, Studies Find

U.S. Army Reports Progress on COVID Vaccine That Fights All Variants

U.S. Blood Supply Is Safe From Coronavirus, Study Finds

U.S. Breaks Another Daily Record for New Cases, With More Than 75,000 Infections

U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Spiking in South, West

U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials

U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak

U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week

U.S. COVID Outlook Shows Big Improvement by July

U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout Saved 279,000 Lives: Study

U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million

U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000

U.S. Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

U.S. Doctors on the Frontlines of Hepatitis Outbreak Striking Kids

U.S. Insurers Must Cover 8 COVID At-Home Tests a Month: White House

U.S. Issues Toughest Travel Alert for Britain As COVID Cases There Climb

U.S. Livestock, Pet Industries Pose Disease Threat to People

U.S. Mails Out Some COVID Tests That are About to Expire

U.S. Marines Study Finds Getting COVID Won't Protect Young People From Reinfection

U.S. May Soon See Sharp Drop in Omicron Cases, Experts Say

U.S. Monkeypox Cases Are Declining

U.S. Monkeypox Cases Now at 21, Two Strains Identified

U.S. National Park Service Issues Mask Mandate

U.S. Resumes Free COVID Test Program

U.S. Schools Can Reopen, With Safeguards in Place: CDC

U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable

U.S. STD Cases Spiked During Pandemic

U.S. Study Finds COVID-19 Seldom Severe in Kids

U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns

U.S. to Buy $1 Billion Worth of Rapid COVID Tests

U.S. to End Mpox Public Health Emergency in January

U.S. to Lift Travel Restrictions for Southern African Countries

U.S. to Release Flu Meds From National Stockpile to Ease Shortages

U.S. to Require Negative COVID Test For Chinese Visitor Entry

U.S. to Spend $3.2 Billion to Help Develop Antiviral Pills for COVID

U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC

'Unbearable': 3 Patients Tell of Monkeypox Ordeal

Unvaccinated Kids Were Twice as Likely to End up in Hospital During Omicron Surge

Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End

US to Send Out 800,000 Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine

USDA Cracks Down on Salmonella in Breaded Stuffed Raw Chicken Products

Use Facebook a Lot? You're More Likely to Be Unvaccinated

Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization

Vaccinated Teachers, Students Can Skip Masks This Fall: CDC

Vaccinations Start to Climb in States Hit Hard by Delta Variant

Vaccine Makers Already Testing Their Shots Against Omicron Variant

Vaccine Rollout Could Have Americans Back to Normalcy by Summer, Expert Says

Vaccines Don't Shield Against Long COVID, But May Ease Symptoms

Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study

Vaccines, Boosters Should Protect Against Severe COVID, Even With Omicron: Fauci

Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID

Very Little Spread of Coronavirus at Kids' Day Camps: Study

Very Low COVID Infection Rate Among Dental Hygienists: Study

Vials Found in Lab Contained Vaccine, not Smallpox Virus: CDC

Vials With Smallpox Labels Found at Vaccine Lab in Pennsylvania: CDC

Vietnamese Pangolins Carry COVID-Like Coronavirus

Vitamin D May Lower Black Women's Odds for COVID-19

Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find

Warm Water Danger: What to Know About Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Warming Climate Could Bring Flesh-Eating Bacteria to More U.S. Waters

Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning

Wendy's Pulls Lettuce From Sandwiches Over Possible Link to E. Coli Outbreak

What Does 'Long COVID' Look Like in Kids?

What Is Monkeypox, and How Worried Should Americans Be?

What Parents Need to Know About Cronobacter Bacteria in Baby Formula

What People With Type 1 Diabetes Need to Know About COVID-19

What to Know About XBB, the New COVID Variant

What Was More Deadly for New Yorkers – COVID-19 or the 1918 Flu?

What Will COVID-19 Look Like Years From Now?

What Works Best to Ease Recurrent Ear Infections in Kids?

What You Need to Know About the COVID Vaccine

What You Need to Know About the New Variant of COVID-19

What's in the Water? Maybe Germs That Could Harm You

What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?

What's the Best DIY Face Mask Against COVID-19?

When Cities Get a Pro Sports Team, Flu Deaths Rise

When, Where Was the First Case of COVID-19?

Which Animals Are Also Vulnerable to COVID Infection?

Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?

Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?

Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update

White House Finalizes Plan to Send Americans Free COVID Rapid Tests

White House Moves to Make COVID Antiviral Pills More Widely Available

White House Outlines Effort to Vaccinate Young as Schools Start to Reopen

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Has COVID-19

White House Takes More Steps to Boost Supply of Rapid at-Home COVID Tests

White House to Give Schools 10 Million Free COVID Tests Every Month

White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program

WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV

WHO Approves First Malaria Vaccine, a Lifesaver for Children Worldwide

WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency

WHO Experts to Decide if Monkeypox Is a Global Emergency

Who Needs to Worry About the Polio 'Emergency'?

WHO Says Monkeypox not a Global Health Threat for Now

WHO Says Pandemic Death Total Far Higher Than Reported in Many Countries

WHO Says Pandemic's End May Be Near

WHO Says Worst of Pandemic Could Ease This Year if Vaccine Inequities Erased

Who's Most Likely to Refuse a COVID Vaccine?

Why Are More U.S. Babies Being Born With Syphilis?

Why Cotton Masks Are Safer Masks

Why COVID Spread So Fast in California's Prisons

Why Does 'Mono' Sometimes Turn Into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Why So Many Older Women Develop UTIs

Why Your 2nd Dose of COVID Vaccine Is Likely to Feel Worse

Why Your Kids' Playground Is Unsafe During COVID-19 Pandemic

Wildlife Park's 'Splash Pad' Source of Severe Gastro Infections in Kids

Will Expelled Droplets Spread COVID? Ventilation May Be Key

Will Your Kid Play School Sports This Fall? Here's Some Guidance on Doing It Safely

Windy Days Are Safer Days When It Comes to COVID-19

With Coronavirus a Threat, Stop Wearing Contact Lenses

With COVID Crisis Ebbing, How Can We Prevent Future Pandemics?

With Safety Steps, Moms Unlikely to Pass COVID-19 to Newborns: Study

Worried About Catching Coronavirus From Surfaces? The City You Live in May Matter

Worried About Omicron? Expert Offers Tips on Going Out Safely

Wuhan Study Supports Need for Vaccines to Stop COVID's Spread

Wuhan Tests All Residents as Delta Variant Rages Where Pandemic Began

Yet Another Mosquito-Borne Threat: The 'Jamestown Canyon Virus'

You Can Pass COVID to Your Cat, Study Finds

You Probably Won't Get COVID From Handling Cash: Study

You Think You Had COVID Before: Are You Really Immune Now?

Young Republicans Much Less Likely to Wear Masks, Social Distance: Study

Young, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study

Your Blood Type May Predict Your Risk For Severe COVID-19

Your Diet Could Cut Your Odds for Severe COVID-19

Your Eyewear and COVID-19 Safety

Your Genes May Affect How You'll Heal If Wounded

Your Guide to a Safe and Happy Halloween

Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery

Your Job Could Put You at Much Higher Risk for Flu

Your Pet's Food Bowl Is Big Infection Risk, Experts Warn

You've Had Your COVID Vaccine: Here's What to Expect After

You've Had Your Vaccine, What Can You Safely Do Now?

Zika Epidemic Was More Widespread Than Thought: Study

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