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The coronavirus may have been in Los Angeles around Christmas, before the virus was officially identified in the United States, according to researchers from UCLA and University of Washington.

The coronavirus death rate for young adults with comorbidities doubled that of heart attacks in the same age group, says a new study.

Second lady Karen Pence discussed National Suicide Prevention Awareness Week and the resources available to help those suffering from mental illness amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the United States hit another somber milestone on Thursday, with some 190,000 lives lost.

Heads up, pet owners: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the voluntary recall of three dog foods over concerns the product contains a mold byproduct that is potentially above acceptable levels. 

Idaho health officials reported two West Nile cases on Wednesday, marking the first of the season.

About 1.8 million fewer U.S. youth used e-cigarettes compared to last year, though officials noted an alarming uptick in the use of disposable products.

A new study published this week in PLOS Medicine found NSAIDs such as ibuprofen and diclofenac did not have adverse effects in people infected with COVID-19.

A brain-eating amoeba claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy in Florida, according to multiple reports.

The COVID-19 vaccine participant whose unexpected illness put the AstraZeneca trials on pause came down with an inflammatory syndrome known as transverse myelitis, according to a report.

A tick species associated with bats was reported in New Jersey for the first time, researchers say, and humans, pets and livestock could be at risk of infection.

 AstraZeneca's decision to pause its global trials of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate over safety concerns should reassure skeptical Americans that "they are looking very carefully at everybody who is getting the vaccine," New York Medical College Professor Dr. Bob Lahita told “Your World" Wednesday.

Over the past 30 years, health services to prevent or treat causes of child death such as preterm, pneumonia, malaria and complications during birth have helped save millions of lives, the U.N. said.

England is banning social gatherings of more than six people after a spike in coronavirus cases, according to multiple reports. Starting Monday it will be illegal for more than half a dozen people to congregate socially indoors or outdoors.

Sixteen years worth of earwax was removed from a man in the UK who had not cleaned his ears in over a decade and a half

There is no evidence that blood pressure medication increases the risk of developing cancer, through the largest, most detailed analysis on the matter yet, researchers say.

The nation’s top infectious disease expert is standing by his timeline for a possible coronavirus vaccine, reiterating this week that he expects a safe and effective vaccine to be available by early 2021. 

A Texas scientist predicts a second wave of coronavirus will occur in the spring and not the winter months.

A new survey revealed that nearly half of its respondents did not seek mental health treatment amid the coronavirus pandemic due to cost or lack of access. 

Public health officials increasingly argue that it is better to get fast and frequent COVID-19 test results that are reasonably accurate than more delayed, precise conclusions.