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Highly fit women and men are more likely to consume alcohol than relatively unfit individuals, according to a new study

Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than the delta version.

The study looked at data gathered from individuals diagnosed between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30 of this year.

Test results against some variants have provided positive results, but researchers have yet to test against omicron.

After the initial phase of Covid-19, some patients are experiencing problems with their voice

You’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Now what?

U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation’s founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed hundreds of thousands of U.S. residents, according to figures released Tuesday.

Patients, many frail and unable to communicate their needs, were walled off from the family members who could advocate for them, even as staffing shortages and pandemic restrictions sharply reduced care. COVID has killed more than 140,000 residents of U.S. nursing homes, with deaths from other causes also far surpassing previous years.

The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is but scientists don’t yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces exploding cases just before Christmas.

More than 800,000 Americans have died since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of adults living with mental illnesses has greatly increased during the coronavirus pandemic, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a new "epidemic" of loneliness.

In a school year that was supposed to be a return to normal but has proven anything but, a Michigan school district has launched an educational program based on a key component of modern psychology — cognitive behavior therapy. Principles of this method are embedded in the curriculum and are part of the district’s full embrace of social and emotional learning.

New Zealand’s COVID-19 safety monitoring board said in a statement Monday that, based on current information available, the death of a 26-year-old man with myocarditis was likely due to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday announced that his cabinet approved a travel ban to the U.S. due to rising concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant.

Even though there’s only one Superman, "super immunity" may be possible in vaccinated patients who develop COVID-19 breakthrough infections.

The Pfizer pill boast a 90% effectiveness at preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19.

Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed that while health officials expected variants of COVID-19, the omicron variant showed "unprecedented" mutations that even caught experts off-guard.

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant has pushed the debate over vaccine booster shot mandates to the front as some businesses and universities take matters into their own hands.

Kentucky and Maine said Friday that the states had detected their first cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is sounding the alarm on fentanyl as it is raising the stakes in the illegal drug trade.