Some states are being hit harder than others this summer as a new COVID-19 strain (XGF) continues to spread. Some regions of the U.S. are still experiencing higher rates of positive COVID tests than ...
(NEW YORK) — The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows. The ...
A new COVID-19 variant that was unheard of just months ago is now projected to be the second-most common strain in the United States. Variant NB.1.8.1 was first detected in China in January but ...
As a group of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met this week to discuss recommendations on who should get the updated Covid-19 shot this season, a newly published analysis ...
An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The United States has surpassed 800,000 confirmed COVID-19 related deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The death toll currently sits at 800,266 confirmed ...
The US Food and Drug Administration approved updated Covid-19 vaccines Wednesday, but for a limited group: adults 65 and older, and younger people who are at higher risk from Covid-19. “FDA has now ...
“The reduction of research support isn’t going to help matters,” said Eric Topol, founder and director of Scripps Research in San Diego. HealthDay News — For the first time since the pandemic began, ...