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While recent seven-day averages concerning COVID-19-related hospitalizations across the country have remained stable, health officials in Michigan have noted an “alarming” rise among unvaccinated individuals.

AstraZeneca on Thursday published an updated analysis confirming that a Phase 3 trial involving its COVID-19 vaccine was safe and effective, and showed to be 76% effective against symptomatic COVID-19.

The U.S. has surpassed a staggering milestone with more than 30 million coronavirus infections reported, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

A class of chemicals called phthalates that are often used to make plastics more flexible is exacting a toll on fertility rates and leading to genital malformation, an environmental scientist claims. 

An experimental stimulant drug from the World War II-era is showing up in weight loss and sports supplements sold today, according to a new study.

So-called “breakthrough” coronavirus cases — cases that occur in people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 — are rare but can occur, according to a pair of studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday. 

Emerging data hint that COVID-19 can trigger diabetes in some people, although the exact reason remains unknown.

As AstraZeneca prepares to issue results of an updated primary analysis following concern from top officials that previously released information on vaccine efficacy included outdated data, questions over how the public will perceive the jab have begun to surface.

Moderna, the maker of the second COVID-19 vaccine to see emergency use approval in the U.S., is now looking to create a dual vaccine against the flu and the novel virus, the company’s chief executive recently said. 

Most non-hospitalized coronavirus "long haulers," or patients facing symptoms over a month later, report more than four neurologic symptoms, with "brain fog" being the most predominant, according to what researchers say is the first study of its kind.

Researchers at Michigan Medicine say they found an association between the flu shot and fewer, less severe coronavirus cases.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to two companies selling over-the-counter products labeled as containing cannabidiol (CBD) without receiving the agency’s approval to do so.

Men who have stable coronary artery disease who also take Viagra may live longer and also have a decreased risk of having a new heart attack compared to those who suffer from the disease but do not take the erectile dysfunction drug, according to the findings of a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is beginning to reduce coronavirus transmission in Los Angeles County, said the top public health official there this week, though warned that the county still has a long way to go before herd immunity is achieved. 

Pfizer has begun a U.S.-based clinical trial examining the safety and tolerability of an oral antiviral therapeutic against the virus causing COVID-19 disease, the company announced Tuesday.

A small study estimating the health consequences of prolonged shelter-in-place orders amid the coronavirus pandemic suggested Americans gained about 1.5 pounds every month.

More information is coming out about how COVID-19 vaccines may affect pregnant women.

A 104-year-old Iowa woman who was a child during the 1918 flu pandemic has officially received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, per local reports. 

A team in China said it’s been given the green light to begin developing an inhaled version of its COVID-19 vaccine, Reuters reported.

A combination monoclonal antibody cocktail produced by Regeneron and Roche has shown to reduce hospitalization or death in COVID-19 patients by as much as 70%, a press release posted Tuesday said.