Food insecurity tied to higher risk of long COVID
A new survey of more than 21,000 US adults shows that those who reported food insecurity had a 73% higher...
Month: September 2025
Analysis: More American women went without Pap smears during COVID-19 pandemic
A survey of almost 2,000 US women published today in PLOS Global Health shows that the COVID-19 pandemic, with its disruptions...
Pfizer reports strong phase 3 clinical data for 2025-26 COVID vaccine
Hanna Knutsson / Flickr cc A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–led study links spillover from small mammals such as voles...
Studies show how common long COVID is globally and in teens
Long COVID, the post-infection condition that can encompass a number of symptoms in the weeks following an active COVID-19 infection,...
Dogs exposed to COVID-positive people show increased risk of infection
Hanna Knutsson / Flickr cc A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–led study links spillover from small mammals such as voles...
Metformin may reduce risk of long COVID by 64% in overweight or obese adults
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect a 64% reduction in risk of long COVID. The story previously misstated...
Minnesota, New York issue executive orders promoting access to COVID vaccines
Governors in Minnesota and New York are issuing executive orders in an effort to protect vaccine access in those states,...
CDC upheaval triggers global concern amid ongoing US vaccine policy debate
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday called for efforts to protect public health excellence at the US...
Amid COVID pandemic, toddlers showed resilience, less bad behavior, researchers say
A study today in JAMA Network Open involving nearly 3,500 US toddlers suggests that they had fewer parent-reported behavioral problems amid...
COVID vaccine myth-busting can work, study suggests
A COVID-19 misinformation-busting messaging intervention that presented a myth followed by a fact among people who had completed the initial...