Multiple patients at a Kroger location in Virginia who were hoping to receive the COVID-19 vaccine were reportedly injected with an empty syringe by mistake, according to a local report.
Americans born in southern states faced the lowest life expectancies in 2018, according to a new report issued by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Together with the Israel Ministry of Health, Pfizer and BioNTech announced “real-world evidence” they say demonstrates that their COVID-19 vaccine “dramatically” lowers rates of the coronavirus in inoculated individuals.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, setting off a historic effort to fight against the respiratory illness that so far has killed over 2.6 million people worldwide.
Officials with the California Health Department were scrambling to allay residents’ fears this week after too many people received a letter telling them they may have received a too-weak dosage of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
Texas and Georgia are both lowering the age requirement for receiving the coronavirus vaccine, with the new rules in both states set to take effect next Monday, according to reports.
The family of a 911 operator in Phoenix who died after working a nearly 16-hour shift while sick is suiing the city for $35 million, according to reports.
It’s beginning to feel like spring, and with warmer weather also comes seasonal allergies, which could increase one’s susceptibility to a COVID-19 infection, suggests the findings of a new study.
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic a year ago were overprescribed antibiotics, suggests the findings of new research from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Several top health experts are touting new federal guidelines on practices considered safe for fully vaccinated populations against COVID-19, while underscoring the importance of masking up in high risk and public settings.
The latest seven-day average of daily COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. has dropped to around 1,600, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said in a White House briefing Wednesday.
A combination of two Eli Lilly antibody drugs cut the risk of COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths by 87%, the company announced Wednesday, further upholding dosing already authorized by the Food and Drug Administration.