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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Wednesday that reducing the skyrocketing number of deaths in the latest coronavirus surge is the city’s priority, putting a plan to test the entire population on hold in the latest flip-flop in the government’s pandemic response.

Hawaii will lift its statewide mask mandate by March 26.

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continuing to fall significantly across the U.S., local, state and territory governments and schools have begun to remove mask mandates.

More free at-home COVID-19 tests are available from the government.

Being optimistic may help to improve a person's emotional well-being, according to researchers. A study from the Boston University School of Medicine published Monday in the Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences followed 233 older men from the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study over an eight-year period.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said she anticipates COVID-19 will become a seasonal virus.

COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford University study has found.

An unvaccinated child, 4, from Jerusalem, contracted the highly transmissible virus, making it the first polio case in Israel since 1988, the Israeli Health Ministry said Sunday.

After Stanford senior Katie Meyer, 22, committed suicide without any detectable warning signs, her parents are urging families to have an honest conversation about mental health with their children.

Daylight Saving time may cause more than losing an hour of sleep; it may also have a negative impact on your heart and brain health, according to several studies.

As Ukrainians flee their country from Russia’s military onslaught, they face the prospect of the invisible enemy – bacteria and viruses.

NASA satellite data has highlighted a critical relationship between low humidity and the outbreak of flu in the U.S. according to researchers.

The White House is warning that the U.S. will soon begin to run out of money for COVID-19 supplies unless Congress acts to approve more funding.

As cases continue to fall around the U.S., more local and state governments have moved to roll back mask and vaccine regulations.

Friday marks World Obesity Day.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week that the conflict in Ukraine could lead to increased COVID-19 transmission.

Individuals infected with COVID-19 are at risk of having a cardiovascular disease related incident 30 days after having been infected by the virus

Experts told Fox signs to look for in event your child consumed a recalled infant formula

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that it no longer recommends universal case investigation and contact tracing.

Nearly a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) loosened mask guidance, city and state officials have continued to lift COVID-19 restrictions.