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A nurse in California who was sickened with the novel coronavirus back in the spring has finally been released from the hospital  — eight months later. 

More than 1 million Americans have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert R. Redfield said on Wednesday. 

If Americans do not limit their holiday gatherings this year, the post-Christmas coronavirus surge could have devastating effects on a country that has already topped 18 million cases of COVID-19 and has experienced the deadliest year in U.S. history largely due to the pandemic. 

The Fire Department of New York is set to begin coronavirus vaccinations for some of its members, including EMTs and paramedics, as firefighters are expected to receive the shots on Monday.

A California doctor who was fired after questioning his county’s coronavirus stay-at-home orders spoke out to Fox News on Wednesday.

The much hoped-for herd immunity against the novel coronavirus is unlikely to occur in many places around the world until the end of 2021, an official with the World Health Organization said this week when warning the next few months will be “critical.” 

Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced on Wednesday that another variation of the novel coronavirus has been detected in two people who were contacts of cases that stemmed from recent travel to South Africa.

A health care worker in New York City suffered what officials are calling a “serious adverse event” after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

A pharmacist in Israel who was accidentally injected with four doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine told news outlets that he feels fine and encouraged others to “be optimistic” about the jab.

Health officials and medical professionals are pleading with Americans to practice safe public health measures like wearing a mask, avoiding crowded areas, washing hands and practicing social distancing to avoid contracting or spreading coronavirus.

White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Tuesday that he was "doing great" after receiving the first of two doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine. 

While the holidays typically carry along some stress and chaos, this year’s festivities amid the novel coronavirus pandemic presents unique challenges.

The US is looking at why several people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine have developed allergic reactions, according to a report.

With many hospitals in California at or on the brink of capacity and Gov. Gavin Newsom recently warning that COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state could reach 100,000 by January, “don’t share your air with others,” pleaded various doctors and health officials in the state on Tuesday. 

Amid concerns about where the U.K. coronavirus mutation may have originated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said ongoing travel likely increased the chances of the virus being imported to U.S. shores, as others wonder how the new strain will impact recently-approved vaccines.

While thousands of front-line health care workers are said to have been inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine, others contend that the process has been punctured by uncertainty and a chaotic waiting game.

In a study of pregnant women who were admitted to Boston hospitals during the spring of 2020, those who contracted coronavirus during the third trimester were unlikely to pass the infection on to their newborns.

The mutated coronavirus strain circulating in the U.K., that has sparked panic and caught global attention as over 40 countries ban travel, has likely already crossed U.S. borders, officials say.

A father’s invention that stops people from choking is credited with saving nearly 100 lives.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, received Moderna’s newly authorized COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.