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 ...

The World Health Organisation estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic caused 22.1 million excess deaths globally between 2020 ...

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

Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunization ...

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, ...

Soon after SARS-CoV-2 began its assault on the world, scientists began searching for clues about what, if any, factors made people more or less likely to get infected with the virus, and more or less ...

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 ...

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 ...