As the summer surge of COVID-19 crests, many people are weighing whether they need to get booster shots now to protect against the disease (SN: 7/19/24). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ...

The worst damage from COVID-19 was first measured in fevers, oxygen levels and death counts. Now, years later, researchers ...

Immune-priming events such as COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations may have cross-protective effects on the incidence of other viral ARIs.

The antiviral drug ensitrelvir prevents infection in household contacts of COVID-19 patients when given within 72 hours after ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. A positive COVID-19 test in Berlin on Feb. 9, 2023. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. About three-quarters of people in the U.S. have had COVID-19 at least once, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected health, social and economic systems worldwide. In less than a year, COVID-19 ...

Public health legal powers are increasingly under pressure from the courts in the United States. During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals and organizations successfully challenged many community ...

Swedish registry follow-up of >5.3 million pre-pandemic and >5.5 million pandemic adults linked death of a partner, child, ...

We conducted a phase 2–3 double-blind trial to assess the efficacy and safety of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in asymptomatic, rapid antigen test–negative adults who had been exposed to a household contact ...