Health

The WHO chief has again called on countries with a large supply of vaccines to refrain from offering COVID-19 booster shots through the end of 2021.

Some who have been infected with COVID-19 and later received a vaccine may develop a powerful “hybrid” immunity to the virus, research suggests.

Three-quarters of U.S. adults have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the CDC said this week.

NIH says respiratory syncytial virus is usually more common in the fall, winter and spring. But infections increased over the summer as states eased up COVID-19 restrictions.

The move came as the state's confirmed coronavirus cases skyrocketed in recent weeks. Idaho has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.

American Airlines will no longer offer paid pandemic time off for employees who get sick but are not vaccinated against COVID-19

In August 2021 alone, there were a total of 459 calls for ivermectin poisoning made to call centers across the country, which is a significant increase compared to the 58 calls made in the same month last year.

A recent study found that potential side effects from COVID-19 vaccines that many use as an excuse to remain unvaccinated are actually far more common and severe in those who opt not to get the shot and wind up with an actual COVID-19 infection instead.

Oxford University said the U.S. has seen nearly four times as many COVID-19 cases compared to Labor Day 2020. Deaths were also nearly twice as high compared to a year ago, according to the same chart.

More than 40 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in the U.S. since the start of the global pandemic, and more than 646,000 have died.

An Ohio judge ruled this week that a hospital cannot be forced to treat a severely ill COVID-19 patient with ivermectin, reversing an earlier decision.

A new study of breakthrough COVID-19 infections suggests fully vaccinated people are half as likely to develop long-term COVID-19 symptoms.

The mu variant was recently added to the World Health Organization's 'variants of interest' list and has been detected in 49 states and 42 countries.

The family of a Richmond, Texas veteran, who died of COVID-19, say a Sugar Land hospital refused to give the 74-year-old a court-ordered treatment of Ivermectin.

A new study suggests people can decrease negative emotions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic if they can adapt to a new perspective.