Illinois, Arizona, Virginia issue orders to improve COVID vaccine access
Health officials in three more states—Illinois, Arizona, and Virginia—announced steps to ease access to updated COVID-19 vaccines in light of...
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FDA officials may try to link COVID vaccines to pediatric deaths, reports suggest
Health officials in three more states—Illinois, Arizona, and Virginia—announced steps to ease access to updated COVID-19 vaccines in light of...
Kids with COVID had a 50% to 60% higher risk of depression, anxiety in 2021, researchers say
Joice Kelly / Unsplash Relative to uninfected children, COVID-19 patients aged 8 to 17 years were at a 49% higher...
Senate committee to probe CDC shake-up; New Jersey eases COVID vaccine access
Sen Bill Cassidy, MD, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee yesterday announced a hearing for...
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...
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...