The mask mandate has been lifted on airplanes and trains, but that doesn't mean you should ditch the mask if you are traveling this summer.
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Doctors are split on whether or not people need a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot. They say there hasn't been enough study proving it provide…
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collaborating with Massachusetts health officials on an investigation into a case of monkeypox, the agency said Wednesday in a statement.
COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesda…
COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesda…
How much salt is too much? How much salt can you have before it affects your health? According to the CDC, Americans consume too much salt in …
Pfizer’s COVID Booster Shot , for 5 to 11 Year Olds, Authorized by FDA. NBC News reports on May 17, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... …
So when will COVID season be? Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
The CDC says more than 100 children in 25 states and territories have contracted severe cases of hepatitis.
Dictionaries, public comments, and even an old court case that involved underwear pricing could play a role as the government appeals a ruling that sharply limits federal authority during pandemics.
Video footage, shot by a bystander, shows the moment several workers dressed head-to-toe in protective gear recoil as they realize the man is still alive.
Moderna has asked the Food and Drug Administration Thursday to clear its low-dose COVID shots for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Get more information on that, and more of today's COVID news, here.
Congress is back in session, but covid diagnoses for Vice President Kamala Harris and two Democratic senators have temporarily left the Senate without a working majority to approve continued covid funding. Meanwhile, opponents of the Affordable Care Act have filed yet another lawsuit challenging a portion of the law, and we say goodbye to the late Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who left a long legacy of health laws. Rachel Cohrs of STAT News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Rebecca Adams of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
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An Albany City Council member’s push to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water died without a vote.
3 Out of 4 Kids in the US Have Had COVID, , CDC Estimates. Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the …
After a brutal winter surge, “we've now decelerated and transitioned into more of a controlled phase,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Get that and more of today's COVID news here.
Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of previous infections, CDC researchers estimated. Plus, what we know about the new omicron mutant.
Health news from the last week: The World Health Organization says at least one death has been reported in connection with a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in Europe and the United States; and more news.
The US Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has expanded approval of the COVID-19 drug remdesivir to treat patients as young as 28 days old. Here's that and more COVID news.
After downgrading the risk level of many of the world's top destinations last week in conjunction with an overhaul of its travel assessments, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added just one location to its "high" risk category on Monday.
Many states are scaling back on how often they report key Covid-19 statistics, a shift that some experts worry might hinder efforts to mitigate outbreaks and negative effects of the coronavirus.
A U.K. patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, scientists reported. Get that, and more COVID news from today, here.
Just because incidents of political interference within the United States' top health agencies are not reported, does not mean they don't happen, a new federal report finds.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the Biden administration is appealing the mask mandate ruling so the Centers for Disease Control an…
When Delta Air Lines referred to Covid-19 as an "ordinary seasonal virus" after a federal judge struck down the Biden administration's mask mandate for public transportation, they were partly right: there is some evidence that it is seasonal. But it is far from ordinary, and it's still not the same as the flu.