Northern Californians were confronted with multiple threats as wildfires, unhealthy smoky air, extreme heat, the looming possibility of power outages and an ongoing pandemic forced many to weigh the risks of staying indoors or going outside.
Massachusetts this week mandated that all students in the state ages 6 months and older receive the flu vaccine this year, what state public health officials called “an important step to reduce flu-related illness and the overall impact of respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Massachusetts health officials on Wednesday announced another human case of EEE, marking the third time this year a Bay State resident has contracted the dangerous illness.
The odds of catching novel coronavirus on an airplane with infected passengers appear to be relatively small, though still possible, according to a new report.
Bill Gates, who has been vocal about the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic, said "there is not a choice between saving lives from COVID-19 versus saving lives from malaria" and other diseases -- the world must enable countries to do both.
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's COVID-19 technical lead and an infectious disease epidemiologist, said people need to get vaccinated against influenza when the vaccine becomes available otherwise it could "complicate the clinical picture."
Using cans containing urine from previously hospitalized coronavirus patients, as well as a selection of potentially confusing alternatives, researchers are testing the dogs in the hopes that they might one day screen as many as 250 people an hour
A Wall Street Journal op-ed by the heads of Cornell University makes a strong case for why students should be on campus for the fall semester, according to Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said on Tuesday he doesn’t think an eventual coronavirus vaccine would be mandated for the public.
