NEW DELHI: As the world grapples with the highly mutated Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, scientists have identified a new strain of the Covid-19 causing virus in Southern France Known as 'IHU', the B.1

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Yasmin Vossoughian speaks with Dr. Jerrilyn Jones, a frontline doctor in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S., about the increasing strain of the unvaccinated in hospitals in h

The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12. Boosters already are recommen

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KrizzDaPaul via Getty Images Many infectious disease experts believe swabbing both your nose and throat will increase the sensitivity of at-home COVID rapid tests. You may have noticed that more and

With at-home Covid-19 tests in high demand and their efficacy in question, health departments from California to Massachusetts are turning to sewage samples to get a better idea of how much the corona

WASHINGTON — As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asympto

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Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy A whistleblower in the Canadian province of New Brunswick has warned that a progressive neurological illness that has baffled experts for more than two years appears to

Israel has recorded the first case of a rare mixture of two diseases, influenza and coronavirus, dubbed “flurona”. Local reports said that the patient was a young pregnant woman, who was in hospital,

Background As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 becomes increasingly dominant among skyrocketing cases, including in vaccinated individuals, concerns of the variant’s immune escape abilities have grown

LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – We hear a lot about vaccines these days, especially for COVID-19 and the flu. Now, volunteers are needed to take part in a study that could protect us from another virus that

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The American Heart Association is gearing up to kick off its $10 million research program to fund new studies into the long-term effects of COVID-19 and the ways it impacts the human body. Dr. Svati

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(Bloomberg) -- Israel’s Health Ministry has approved a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine for immunocompromised people, a step back from an original plan to administer it to everyone aged 60 and o

Researchers at University of Florida Health and the OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network have begun recruiting patients to a national study to learn if several existing prescription and over-the-coun

2021 was supposed to be the year the pandemic ended. At least in the United States, anyway, where health officials administered roughly 500 million vaccine doses, more than any other country besides C

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Thursday pressed nursing home workers to get their booster shots amid a spike in COVID-19 cases among staffers and a concerning lag in booster vaccination

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SEATTLE (AP) — The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in close to record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngst

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday advised people against going on cruises regardless of their vaccination status after a recent surge in positive Covid cases onboard ship

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The CDC's decision to halve the self-isolation period for COVID-positive healthcare workers and the rest of the essential workforce is being roundly condemned by the unions that represent that workfor

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It’s hard to find much good news among the waves of grim statistics that have washed over the nation since the emergence of Omicron. Once again, the NHS is threatened and again, the prospect of a new

BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide increased by 11% last week compared with the previous week, with the biggest increase in the Americas.

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