Coronavirus Coverage

Nearly one in 10 Americans — more than 32 million people — are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s not high enough yet to crush the spread of coronavirus through herd immunity, something experts say would take months still. But if case rates keep

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued long-awaited guidance on what fully vaccinated people can safely do, and with it, an opening: There’s more opportunity to see our loved ones again. White House Senior Adviser for COVID Response Andy Slavitt told CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta we should expect to see

Coronavirus cases in the US are dipping and the number of daily vaccinations is rising. But public health experts are pressing two key concepts they say show that Americans still need to mask and distance for a while longer: First, case levels are still as bad as they were during a difficult summer. Second, clues

Some celebrated when the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with its long-awaited guidelines for the fully vaccinated Monday. Others were hoping for more, especially about travel. With daily new cases hovering around the 60,000 mark and the threat of variants spreading, navigating the pandemic is admittedly tricky, even for the fully

The US is in the “eye of the hurricane” right now, according to epidemiologist Michael Osterholm. After months of devastation, it appeared things were heading in the right direction with officials reporting several weeks of steep declines in COVID-19 cases and lowered hospitalization numbers. But now case declines have stopped and infection numbers plateaued at

Katharine Dunn got really worried about her son Nolan even as his doctors told her she shouldn’t — the 13-year-old’s fever was “just a virus.” He didn’t have a sore throat or cough. His COVID-19 tests came back negative, twice. Then what had been a low-grade fever crept up to 104.4. “That’s when I knew

In counties where states require masks, COVID-19 case and death rates slow down — but in counties where states allow on-site restaurant dining, illness and death rates appear to speed up, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The research, published by the CDC on Friday, comes at

As more patients and friends get fully vaccinated, Dr. William Schaffner’s phone has been ringing constantly, his email box flooded. The fully vaccinated — people who are two weeks past their second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, or after a single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s — have many questions for the

The US shouldn’t ease restrictions in place to prevent COVID-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls below 10,000 daily, “and maybe even considerably less than that,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. The US should pull restrictions gradually, after a substantial portion of Americans are vaccinated, Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper. The last time

While tens of thousands of Americans are infected with the coronavirus each day and more research suggests variants threaten another surge, some state leaders are loosening COVID-19 restrictions against the recommendations of health experts. The decision to roll back measures is “inexplicable,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and

The director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually “do the right thing” about distancing and wearing masks, even in states moving to eliminate restrictions against the CDC’s recommendations. “I think we at the CDC have been very clear that now is not the time

Several states on Tuesday announced they are loosening restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, even as health experts warn against doing just that. Texas and Mississippi, for example, are lifting mask mandates and allowing businesses to open at full capacity. It’s too soon, health experts say. After the number of new

When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew exactly what to do. She immediately scheduled a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital for early January. Then the Moderna vaccine became available to health care professionals in the city. She received

And then there were three. There are now three COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration, manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. All three will be distributed across the United States. Many people are wondering which COVID-19 vaccine they should get: Is one better for certain groups

The US just added another powerful weapon in the battle against COVID-19: a third vaccine. The single-dose shot, from Johnson & Johnson, comes at critical time in this pandemic. Weeks of tumbling case numbers have plateaued, raising concerns from top health experts that highly contagious variants are taking a stronger hold in the US. “There’s

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisers voted Sunday to recommend the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for the US, and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky almost immediately signed off on the recommendation. It is the first of the three authorized COVID-19 vaccines that comes in a single dose. “The Janssen vaccine has been

The practice of finding new uses for old medications — called repurposing or repositioning drugs — is not new. The most famous (or perhaps infamous) example is sildenafil — aka: Viagra. Originally developed to treat high blood pressure, the little blue pill received US Food and Drug Administration approval in 1998 to treat erectile dysfunction,

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted new recommendations Friday on the importance of good ventilation in preventing coronavirus spread in schools and daycares. Its top recommendation: Open a window. It’s the first time the agency has separately emphasized the role ventilation plays in helping or preventing the spread of the virus, which

Even with slowed infection rates and increased vaccinations, officials say another devastating COVID-19 spike could be on the horizon depending on what the United States does next. “The question that hangs in the balance right now is, will we have a fourth surge?” the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

With Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine on the verge of being authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration, Americans are taking another look at the vaccine and it’s data. And what they see might initially give them pause. For several months, public health experts have praised the approximately 95% efficacy seen

US Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisers are scheduled to meet Friday to discuss the potential emergency authorization of a third coronavirus vaccine for the US, this one made by Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine arm Janssen Biotech. It’s the next step in a process that could end with the new vaccine’s rollout early next week.

A year into the Covid-19 pandemic, it appears that trends have finally shifted in a positive direction. New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are dropping rapidly, and the supply of available vaccine is growing. The country could be well on its way to herd immunity, the point at which enough people are protected against a disease