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Pfizer and BioNTech asked U.S. regulators on Tuesday to authorize an additional booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine for seniors.

Turning off all lights and drawing the curtains before hitting the bed may help protect your health, according to a recent study out of Northwestern University

Stroke is the fifth cause of death in the U.S. and a leading cause of disability. Symptoms of stroke include face drooping, arm weakness and speech difficulty.

Brain Injury Awareness Month highlights the hidden epidemic of brain injuries from domestic violence.

World Health Organization (WHO) leaders on Thursday said that the world needs to remain vigilant about COVID-19 – even as pandemic trends in some countries appear to be heading in a positive direction.

The global COVID-19 pandemic death toll might be around three times higher than official records, according to researchers.

Pacific Northwest states are lifting their mask mandates on Saturday.

The BA.2 omicron COVID-19 sub-variant is spreading in New York City.

The U.S. Army has granted a soldier a permanent religion-based exemption from getting the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine.

Microbes in your gut may play a role in certain personality traits, according to a recent exploratory study out of Clarkson University.

As pandemic restrictions are lifted across the U.S., millions of immunocompromised Americans feel at risk.

While some state and local leaders are moving to drop COVID-19 pandemic emergency declarations, others hope to extend them.

Health officials have continued to monitor a hybrid strain of the delta and omicron coronavirus known as "deltacron."

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review.

China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant.

The COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation, and the war in Ukraine has pushed Americans’ stress levels to “alarming levels,” according to a new poll.

The Covid pandemic contributed to a third of young grade school students missing reading benchmarks, which is up significantly from pre-pandemic rates, according to several studies.

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths falling around the U.S., more cities and states have moved to lift pandemic restrictions this week.