WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As colds, flu and COVID continue to circulate this winter, a new U.S. government study finds that young children infected with COVID plus a second virus tend to become sicker.
A so-called guru had posted a recruitment video online, seeking "able bodied men" to sail with him from Hawaii to the South Pacific where Covid hadn't taken hold. In his video he suggested society was doomed.
When Covid-19 patients younger than 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to…
The pandemic dislodged the global supply chain, hurling once smoothly running businesses, industries and economies into a state of disarray.
Jessica Rosario loved watching her 15-year-old, Eliana, play flute with the rest of the marching band during Open Door Christian School football games. But after the homecoming game in 2021, she got an alarming call from the Ohio school's band director.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said there is a possible safety issue with the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech, but it's unlikely it represents a true risk. The agency said it continues to recommend people stay up-to-date with Covid-19 vaccines.
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Infants too young to be vaccinated for COVID-19 get some protection from their mothers’ breast milk, researchers say.
States and local governments soon will have new flexibility to spend billions of dollars of federal coronavirus relief funds on some things not directly related to the pandemic.
UW Health's chief quality officer Dr. Jeff Pothof joins Live at Four to talk about the latest COVID-19 headlines.
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Racial/ethnic disparities are seen in COVID-19 vaccination coverage among children and adolescents, according to research published in the Jan. 6 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Before the omicron wave, increasing vaccination for staff at U.S. nursing homes was associated with fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents and fewer cases among staff, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Network Open.
Unfounded claims about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines proliferated in the hours and days after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during Monday's game.
A record-high 104,000 people missed work in October 2022 because of child care problems, surpassing even early pandemic levels, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- COVID vaccine boosters appear to be perfectly safe for your heart, data gathered from nearly 5,000 smartwatch wearers shows.
MADISON, Wis. -- A new year often brings new beginnings, but for area healthcare systems, last year's problems remain; namely, the "tripledemic" of COVID-19,…
It’s a sniffle, a tickle in the throat and a headache. Or a fever, congestion and fatigue. Could it be COVID, the flu or RSV? The only way to know for sure: Get tested.
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For high-risk vaccinated adults, molnupiravir plus usual care does not reduce the frequency of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations or deaths, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in The Lancet.
Most people who lose their sense of smell from a COVID infection recover within a few weeks. But an unlucky minority of the population — about 5% according to one study — experience smell and taste loss months or years after their initial infection. Duke researchers may have finally figured out what is happening.
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) – All travelers flying from China to the United States will soon be required to produce a negative COVID test or show proof of recovery if they’ve had a recent COVID infection, U.S. health officials announced Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- China plans to roll back some of its strict COVID-19 controls, including allowing more of its people to travel abroad.
Beginning Jan. 5, travelers to the U.S. from China will have to take a COVID-19 test no more than two days before they travel and provide negative results before they board their flights.
Nearly three years into the pandemic, scientists are still trying to figure out why some people get "long" COVID's lasting symptoms. Plus, charts that track U.S. virus rates.
Just as the balance between privacy and national security shifted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, COVID-19 has given officials justification to embed tracking tools in society that have lasted long after lockdowns.
Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus variant on the world? Plus, 8 charts tracking U.S. virus rates in the U.S.
