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With the highly contagious delta strain of COVID-19 now accounting for a majority of cases in the United States, many are wondering how to determine which variant of COVID-19 they have been infected with.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee is recommending that certain immunocompromised individuals receive a COVID-19 booster dose.

Over 90,000 people who received the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine returned for one or more additional unauthorized doses, experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday.

A revelatory new study has determined that metabolism, long thought by most of humankind to decline progressively during adulthood, is actually stabilized between the ages of 20 and 60 — when it actually starts tanking.

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine resulted in antibody activity against variants, including the highly transmissible delta variant, six months following the second dose, a study found.

The FDA authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for certain immunocompromised patients after evidence indicated a weak immune response following the initial two-dose series.

The World Health Organization’s lead investigator into the coronavirus’ origins in China appears to have contradicted his February statement dismissing the Wuhan lab-leak theory – admitting that it was not “extremely unlikely” as the WHO said at the time, but “probable.”

Dangerous triple-digit temperatures can be deadly, but you can avoid heat stroke, heat exhaustion, and death with certain safety precautions.

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci warned during a press briefing on Thursday that a booster shot will be required for everyone "sooner or later" to ensure that the durability of protection from COVID-19 vaccines continues.

Children experiencing lingering symptoms weeks to months after initial COVID-19 infection, or so-called long COVID, most often face fatigue and headache, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said during a White House briefing.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is rapidly approaching a potential authorization for a third dose of Pfizer's and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines among certain immunocompromised patients, within the next day, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday.

Ahead of an anticipated FDA authorization for COVID-19 booster vaccines among certain individuals with weakened immune systems, the American Cancer Society has voiced full support behind efforts to offer cancer patients greater protection against COVID-19.

While COVID-19 vaccines might protect against infection and severe disease, there are differences in their effectiveness relative to each other.

Do the COVID-19 vaccines affect my chances of pregnancy? No, there’s no evidence that any vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, influence your chances of getting pregnant despite a myth suggesting otherwise.

The Food and Drug Administration says it will soon reveal information on COVID booster shots for immunocompromised people who remain vulnerable to the virus and its variants.

As schools return from summer break amid growing concerns of the highly contagious delta variant, most parents support school mask mandates.

A German nurse is being investigated for allegedly injecting thousands of people with a placebo instead of the coronavirus vaccine.

A group of researchers has called on the Food and Drug Administration to pull certain popular sunscreen brands after they said they’ve found evidence of a potential cancer-causing chemical.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised pregnant women to receive COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after a new study indicated no heightened risk of miscarriage among women who received the shot during early pregnancy.

The U.S. government said Wednesday that it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as the region with limited resources struggles with a spike in COVID-19 cases amid violent anti-vaccine protests.