The FDA recently approved new COVID-19 vaccines for Americans, but due to certain restrictions, there has been mounting confusion on what they are, how much protection they’ll offer and whether ...

As the respiratory illness season begins, COVID cases have remained relatively under control in the United States into the beginning of fall. While the United States by and large is experiencing ...

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 ...

COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 or "cicada" is not widely circulating in the U.S. yet, but based on trends in Europe, it may become more prominent. Most evidence comes from laboratory data, but there are no ...

'Tis the season of vigorous handwashing and using copious amounts of hand sanitizer as Americans try to avoid getting sick before the holidays. Health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Covid-19 hospitalization rates have decreased over time, but about 38,000 children were hospitalized with Covid-19 during the 2023-24 season, according to the CDC report – more than 1 hospitalization ...

It may be spring, but virus season isn’t over yet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA ...

Stone is a retired infectious disease physician, medical journalist, and author. Feinberg is professor of medicine/infectious disease and professor of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at the West ...