Coronavirus
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff
Dr. Vinay Prasad personally intervened to place restrictions on COVID shots from vaccine makers.
FDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots
Myocarditis emerged as a complication after the first shots became widely available in 2021.
What to know about the COVID variant that may cause 鈥榬azor blade鈥� sore throats
The symptom has been identified by doctors in the United Kingdom, India and elsewhere.
Photos: The 5-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19聽a pandemic, the first in over a century.
Long COVID is creating tension between doctors and patients
According to a 2023 survey by the de Beaumont Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on...
Long-COVID patients are frustrated that federal research hasn鈥檛 found new treatments
Along with claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic has been described...
5 things we know and still don鈥檛 know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
Scientists still aren't clear where it came from, and they are still trying to understand...
Trump chooses controversial Stanford professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH
A leading critic of the federal response to the COVID pandemic, Bhattacharya promises reforms.
Don鈥檛 throw out expired COVID-19 tests, FDA says
According to the FDA, expiration dates can be extended when the manufacturer provides data showing...
Do I need a second dose of the new COVID-19 vaccine?
The CDC has just announced a second shot for elders and the immunocompromised people -...
Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having heart disease
Being hospitalized for COVID in 2020 amplified the risk of heart attacks and other cardiac...
Do at-home COVID tests actually expire?
Can you use an at-home COVID-19 test past its expiration date 鈥� and can it...
Here鈥檚 why getting a COVID shot during pregnancy is important
Nearly 90% of babies who had to be hospitalized with Covid-19 had mothers who didn鈥檛...