Tokyo organizers on Saturday announced that foreign spectators will be barred from attending this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games due to concerns over COVID-19.
A reader wants to know about smoking's impact on the vaccine but didn't specify cigarettes, e-cigs ... or marijuana. So we'll discuss all three. Also: A refresher in painkiller/vaccine interaction.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our collective and individual lives in immeasurable ways. For some, the quarantine period opened up room for reflection and sweeping life changes. That’s true for prolific real estate developer Marc Pollack, who followed his passions for food and philanthropy to publish his first cookbook.
A focus group of 19 Trump voters became less skeptical of the COVID-19 vaccines over two hours. But they said they wanted to hear from doctors, not the former president.
In many states, there are racial disparities in who has received a COVID-19 vaccine. A public health advocate says lack of health care access is a bigger impediment than a hesitancy to get vaccinated.
Magufuli had not been seen in public since the end of February, fueling speculation that he was ill. Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced his death on state television.
The new funds will enable K-12 schools to ramp up screening testing, which can "identify asymptomatic disease and prevent clusters before they start," said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says federal relief money would be best spent on reversing state budget cuts, expanding Medicaid and sending money to low-income Georgians.
Moderna has begun testing its vaccine on children as young as 6 months old. A principal investigator in the trial says getting children vaccinated would be "a step getting back to our normal life."
More than 70 million Americans and about 2 million Georgians have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine — and along with that shot, a small paper card with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s label detailing the timing and manufacturer of the dose.
A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 2 million globally.
Peter Daszak of the investigative team sent to Wuhan says the farms were probably where the coronavirus first jumped from bats to another animal before infecting humans.
A new study found no difference in infection rates between schools in Massachusetts that required 3 feet of distance and those requiring 6 feet, so long as everyone wore masks.
