Novel Coronavirus

The pandemic has become a plague of the elderly, with nearly 9 out of 10 deaths in people 65 or older.

An estimated 94% of people in the U.S. have been infected with the COVID-19 virus at least once, according to according to a new paper from researchers at Harvard’s School of Public Health.

The omicron variant is driving U.S. COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just in time for the holiday season, and experts soon expect a wave to wash over the country.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports unusually high flu hospitalizations amid concerns of flu, COVID-19 and RSV further straining health system this winter.

What this ultimately means for this fall and winter — a period when many health experts have already predicted some degree of COVID-19 resurgence — remains to be seen.

The top symptoms were mostly similar regardless of vaccination status, according to the Zoe Health Study, a long-running research project based in the U.K. that tracks the virus.

As the pandemic progressed, the damage done by the coronavirus broadened, and the toxicity of modern-day politics came to the fore.

The drugmaker says it expects many people will continue receiving it for free through various providers.

As the pandemic progressed, the damage done by the coronavirus broadened, and the toxicity of modern-day politics came to the fore.

The CDC cannot mandate that schoolchildren receive vaccines, a decision left up to states and jurisdictions, the agency and multiple public health officials said.

The pressure faced by the CDC to change the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report’s procedures was one of several instances of political interference by former President Donald Trump’s aides.

Coronavirus surges in Europe and Asia could soon come to the United States, injecting chaos into Thanksgiving and Christmas travel plans.

The Scottish study, one of the largest on long COVID, found that 1 in 20 people had not recovered more than six months after infection.

The lack of urgency typifies the view of many Americans, worn down by a never-ending pandemic and unsure about next steps as the nation enters its third COVID winter.

The state health department will retire its Wednesday data summaries, instead continuing to provide information in a weekly update that focuses on COVID-19 and flu.

The data for the study, published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal, was taken from a popular period-tracking app called Natural Cycles and included people around the world.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration actually allowed mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses starting last year, after it allowed people to get their first booster dose.

Last week, the state reported 68 COVID-positive patients in hospitals around Alaska. This week, there were 37.

Reconfigured shots are safe, but had been delayed amid inspection of an Indiana packaging plant last month.

The impromptu remarks on “60 Minutes” come as officials struggle to secure new funding for coronavirus vaccines, tests and treatments.

Health officials worry that the lackluster vaccination uptake might leave the nation vulnerable to coronavirus clusters in the fall and winter.

The results suggest researchers should be tracking older patients who recover from COVID to see if they go on to show signs of memory loss, declining brain function or Alzheimer’s disease.

Hospitalizations of COVID-positive patients were up slightly from the prior week to 66, according to state health data reported Wednesday.