COVID

A new round of free COVID tests is coming soon

2:48pm August 24, 2024

Starting in late September, Americans will be able to order up to four free at-home COVID-19 tests that will be delivered to your mailbox. The tests will be able to detect newer variants of the virus.

COVID-19 Omicron Booster Shots Administered Along With Other Vaccines At Chicago Senior Center

The new COVID shot is now available. Here's what you need to know

5:00am August 22, 2024

Two of the updated COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at pharmacies all over the country. On Friday, the FDA authorized the Novavax shot, which is also expected to be available in the coming days.

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Politics & Government

Biden tests positive for COVID. It comes at an awkward time in his campaign

10:52pm July 17, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

This is the president's second bout with the virus. He was campaigning in Las Vegas when he found out his cold symptoms were COVID.

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Health & Safety

How the pandemic gave power to superbugs

5:15pm May 29, 2024

by Gabrielle Emanuel

A surprising outcome of the COVID pandemic has been the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections. How did that happen?

People in the U.S. were living longer in 2022 according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. life expectancy rebounded in 2022 but COVID and drug overdoses were still deadly

6:00am March 21, 2024

by Brian Mann

As the COVID pandemic faded in 2022, U.S. life expectancy rose by more than a year. But the virus and drug overdoses spurred by fentanyl still took nearly 300,000 lives.

Exhausted wooden figure dragging a white FFP2 or KN95 mask, destined to prevent the spread of the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic.

Health & Safety

Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again

2:04pm March 11, 2024

by Malaka Gharib

My husband is high risk and still takes COVID precautions. I want our old life back.

The CDC has overhauled its COVID-19 isolation guidelines, saying the virus no longer represents the same threat to public health as it did several years ago.

Health & Safety

Got COVID? CDC says stay home while you're sick, but drops its 5-day isolation rule

5:12pm March 01, 2024

The agency is replacing its COVID-specific guidance with general guidance for respiratory viruses that says people should stay home when they are sick.

Comirnaty, a new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination booster for COVID-19, is displayed at a pharmacy in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend

11:44pm February 28, 2024

by The Associated Press

The CDC said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if at least four months has passed since their last shot.

Tested positive for COVID and wondering whether you should isolate? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon change its guidelines.

The CDC may be reconsidering its COVID isolation guidance

2:43pm February 14, 2024

by Pien Huang

The current guidance advises five days of isolation. Unnamed health officials have indicated that this guidance may soon go away, a move that troubles public health experts.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 86% of new COVID-19 cases stem from the latest mutation, JN.1. The most recent COVID vaccines are expected to help lower chances of serious illness or hospitalization from JN.1.

JN.1 takes over as the most prevalent COVID-19 variant. Here's what you need to know

3:00pm January 25, 2024

by Vanessa Romo

The CDC estimates that up to 86% of new COVID-19 cases stem from the latest mutation. The virus continues to evolve so rapidly that "our immune systems have not been able to keep up," an expert says.