First BQ.1 COVID-19 case sequenced in Mecklenburg County as bivalent booster demand remains low
Health leaders are urging people to get the new booster shot ahead of the winter season. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The...
Vaccines
Researchers speed efforts for vaccine against virus linked with mono, MS
Maybe you’ve never heard of the Epstein-Barr virus. But it knows all about you. Chances are, it’s living inside you...
Coronavirus Today: What COVID-19 and Hurricane Ian have in common
Good evening. I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, Oct. 18. Here’s the latest on what’s happening with the coronavirus in...
News Scan for Oct 18, 2022
Study: Early state lockdowns not tied to worse mental healthNew research from the American Psychological Association (APA) shows that various...
Pfizer CEO: 2023 will be a ‘pivotal year’ as COVID-19 drug sales wane
Americans are moving on from COVID-19. Most public places, transit, and municipalities have gotten rid of mask mandates. Vaccine booster...
BU calls report that it created a more dangerous COVID strain ‘false and inaccurate’
Boston University on Tuesday denied news reports that it had created what a British tabloid breathlessly described as a COVID...
Is there really a COVID ‘nightmare variant’ spreading? Here’s what experts say
While the United States contends with the newly detected COVID omicron BQ.1 subvariants, another highly mutated strain of the coronavirus...
New immune-evading covid variants could fuel a winter surge
For two years, coronavirus variants emerged, one by one, sweeping the globe.But this fall and winter are expected to be...
With Government Funding Running Out, Americans Could Soon Face New Challenges in Accessing COVID-19 Treatments and Testing
A new KFF brief analyzes how the accessibility and cost of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and tests will change after the...
COVID subvariants: What to know and should you be concerned?
Even as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by the omicron subvariant BA.5 continue to fall in the United States, the...