ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19FDA to Recommend Annual Fall Covid Vaccine Tailored to Latest StrainsIn a bid to simplify its advice, the agency is aiming to make covid-19 vaccination similar to the yearly flu shot.ByLauren LefferPublishedJanuary 23, 2023Comments (6)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Long Covid Symptoms Often Fade for People Who Had Mild Infection, Large Study FindsPeople's increased risk of various health conditions largely disappeared within a year of having covid, the study…ByEd CaraPublishedJanuary 11, 2023Comments (1)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19There Were 15 Million Excess Deaths Worldwide in First 2 Years of Pandemic, WHO EstimatesThe official tally of reported covid-19 deaths is a vast undercount of the pandemic's carnage, a new study finds.ByEd CaraPublishedDecember 14, 2022Comments (11)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19China to Stop Welding Homes Shut as Covid Precaution After ProtestsChina reported over 25,000 new cases of covid-19 and zero deaths on Wednesday.ByMatt NovakPublishedDecember 7, 2022Comments (26)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-1910 Antivax Lies to Watch Out for This HolidaySatanic ingredients, mass death, and other debunked talking points from the anti-vaccination movement.ByEd CaraPublishedNovember 22, 2022Comments (102)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Japan to Fully Reopen to Tourists Despite Record Covid-19 Cases in AugustJust 245,900 foreign tourists visited Japan in 2021, the lowest number since records started in 1964.ByMatt NovakPublishedSeptember 12, 2022Comments (12)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19FDA Authorizes Upgraded Omicron-Specific Boosters for Covid-19The new generation of boosters, which protect against the latest Omicron variants as well as the original…ByEd CaraPublishedAugust 31, 2022Comments (16)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Moderna Is Suing Pfizer Over the mRNA Covid-19 VaccinesThe Massachusetts-based company claims that Pfizer and BioNTech lifted two key pieces of its mRNA vaccine platform…ByEd CaraPublishedAugust 26, 2022Comments (5)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19You Won't Have Fauci to Kick Around AnymoreThe country's top public health official is retiring in December after decades of helping to manage major disease…ByEd CaraPublishedAugust 22, 2022Comments (25)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19North Korea Declares Victory Against Covid-19 Pandemic With Just 74 DeathsNorth Korea also said South Korea had intentionally spread the virus and suggested Kim Jong Un was recently sick.ByMatt NovakPublishedAugust 11, 2022Comments (34)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Upgraded Covid-19 Boosters Could Arrive by FallSecond covid-19 boosters for the general population are reportedly being postponed in favor of new and improved…ByEd CaraPublishedJuly 29, 2022Comments (8)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Wuhan Enters Another Lockdown as Rest of World Pretends Covid-19 Pandemic Is OverChina has been accused of covering up the real number of infections, but ironically it's the U.S. that no longer…ByMatt NovakPublishedJuly 27, 2022Comments (67)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19How Often Is Long Covid Happening? The Answer Isn't So Easy to FindSome commonly cited estimates of long covid prevalence may be too high, but that doesn't mean it's not still a major…ByEd CaraPublishedJuly 14, 2022Comments (6)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19U.S. Orders Omicron-Specific Covid-19 Vaccine Shipment for Big Fall PushThe U.S. reported 196,230 new cases and 693 deaths on Wednesday.ByMatt NovakPublishedJune 30, 2022Comments (17)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Maternal Deaths Spiked in US During First Year of the Pandemic, Study FindsThe researchers found that deaths during or soon after pregnancy rose at a rate even higher than the nationwide…ByEd CaraPublishedJune 28, 2022Comments (4)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Anthony Fauci Catches His First Case of Covid-19The leading public health official is experiencing mild symptoms, the NIH said.ByEd CaraPublishedJune 15, 2022Comments (7)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Vast Majority of Long Covid Patients Were Never Hospitalized, Report FindsThree-fourths of diagnosed long covid patients avoided hospitalization, according to an analysis of private…ByEd CaraPublishedMay 18, 2022Comments (7)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Covid Boosters Authorized for Kids as Young as 5The FDA says children between 5 and 11 years old can now receive a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine.ByLauren LefferPublishedMay 17, 2022Comments (6)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Shanghai Says It Hit 'Zero-Covid' Milestone After Massive LockdownThe city has had some of the harshest covid lockdowns, where residents have been holed up in apartments and even…ByKyle BarrPublishedMay 17, 2022Comments (5)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Your Case of Omicron Might Have Super-Boosted Your Immunity—If You Were VaccinatedResearch suggests that vaccinated people who caught Omicron tend to develop more robust immunity to past and present…ByEd CaraPublishedMay 16, 2022Comments (56)Save