Even as the omicron COVID-19 variant continues to sweep the globe, scientists are now monitoring a new mutation of omicron, dubbed BA.2. The World Health Organization maintains that BA.2 is not a "va

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Conservative ideologue Olavo de Carvalho, who was President Jair Bolsonaro's political guru, died on Monday night at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia in the United States

Free N95 masks are arriving at pharmacies and grocery stores. Here's how to get yours Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP Ted S. Warren/AP Nearly a week after the Biden administration

Just 10 minutes of exercise a day could be lifesaving – literally – for people over 40. That's the latest finding in a new peer-reviewed study. The study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Interna

Doctors have discovered an “antibody signature” that can help identify patients most at risk of developing long Covid, a condition where debilitating symptoms of the disease can persist for many month

Dr. Vivian Cheung takes steroids to manage a rare genetic disease. The drugs suppress her immune system, which puts her at high risk of getting very sick from COVID-19. It also means that her body did

New York school mask mandate allowed to remain in effect for now New York state’s school mask mandate can remain in effect while a challenge to the order plays out in court, after an appellate judge

As many as a quarter of children in Flint, Michigan – approximately seven times the national average – may have experienced elevated blood lead levels after the city’s water crisis, and more children

An infection rate higher than any previously recorded anywhere in the country for “the dangerous and rare” deer tick virus has been found in ticks in a Pennsylvania park. The Pennsylvania Department

Researchers from the University of Utah and Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital recently developed artificial intelligence tools to help predict the onset and outcomes of cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the size of anti-vaccination movement in the US is being "underestimated." The nation's top disease expert said on MSNBC that the trend is "very disturbing." Fauci also said h

Until very recently, if there was one silver lining to the pandemic, it was that kids seemed to escape the worst of the virus. Very few became seriously ill or even mildly sick, compared with adults.

Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original shots. Pfizer and its partner B

Jan 24 (Reuters) - 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

Billionaire Mark Cuban launches online pharmacy aimed at lowering generic drug prices Enlarge this image toggle caption Tom Pennington/Getty Images Tom Pennington/Getty Images Billionaire investor a

As the pandemic enters its third year with cases and hospitalizations as high as ever, fresh data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reminds us that we already had a long track record

Published Institute for Glycomics researchers have been awarded more than $1.1 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant funding to develop new antibiotics for the treatme

Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health were able to accurately predict outbreaks of COVID-19 in Connecticut municipalities using anonymous location information from mobile devices, according

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general on Monday warned that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and it’s dangerous to assume omicron is the last on

A respiratory therapist checks on Adrian James, 2, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and is on a ventilator, at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, M

A thumping headache, a tongue that feels like a carpet and a strong sense of queasiness and regret – it is a condition with which many will be all too familiar on New Year’s Day. But while it may seem

A COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 likely won’t be available until at least late March, Pfizer board member and former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sunday. The soonest the Food and Drug

As a pulmonary and critical care physician in Southern California treating hospitalized patients with COVID-19, I am noticing a rising tension. Beyond just being overwhelmed, we are now part of the co

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Does coffee make you more or less hungry? Our hunger and appetite are controlled by complex systems within our bodies, which can be profoundly affected by what we eat and drink — including coffee. W

DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Scientists in East Africa plan to exploit trained rats’ highly developed sense of smell to carry out mass screening for tuberculosis among inmates of crowd

Roger Strukhoff 67, poses for a portrait Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in his DeKalb, Ill., home. Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffer

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – Three large studies by the CDC show just how vital booster shots are when it comes to preventing hospitalization and death, especially among one age group. The first study,

Welcome to COVID Questions, TIME’s advice column. We’re trying to make living through the pandemic a little easier, with expert-backed answers to your toughest coronavirus-related dilemmas. While we c

OpenBiome is announcing a collaboration with the University of Minnesota’s Microbiota Therapeutics Program to ensure that patients with recurrent C. difficile infections have access to fecal microbiot

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital are hot on the trail of elderly “super-agers” — whose sharp memories avoid typical age-related declines — in an attempt to stud

In the past week, the Biden administration launched two programs that aim to get rapid COVID tests into the hands of every American. But the design of both efforts disadvantages people who already fac

NEW YORK (AP) — Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots. They are the first

"The NHS's radical action plan means it is now easier for people to take control of their health - adults with obesity can now walk into any High Street community pharmacy to take the first step on a

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