To help answer common vaccine questions, we consulted Dr. Stanley Perlman, a professor at the University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine and a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ...

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Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduced the risk for hospitalization and severe outcomes despite the emergence of new viral lineages.

Dozens of coronavirus vaccines entered clinical trials during 2020, and now, a handful have been authorized for emergency use in various countries — meaning the shots can be administered to the public ...

As new variants of the coronavirus continue to gain traction, doctors and researchers are bracing for a potential rise in cases this summer. Two of these variants, KP.3 and KP.2, now account for ...

An important part of aging well is protecting ourselves from infectious disease—like COVID-19. Older adults continue to be at greater risk for severe COVID illness, hospitalization, and death due to ...

We’re four years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and by this point, most Americans have had the coronavirus at least once. But when the virus comes for us (again), it can still feel just as alarming as ...

A new analysis of long COVID patients has identified five distinct subtypes that researchers say will help doctors diagnose the condition. The new five-type index, developed by federal researchers ...

It’s summer 2024, but the COVID-19 pandemic is still hanging around. And while the virus continues to evolve, it’s doing so in more predictable ways. Specifically, the expected summer uptick in ...