Health

A once-a-week injected diabetes drug helped overweight and obese people lose an average of 15% of their body weight over 16 months, researchers…

Some say distance makes the heart grow fonder, but it also keeps you safer, according to the latest guidelines from the US Centers for Disease…

Rosemary Connelly just wants to have a good time. The 92-year-old feels the day is near now she has her second dose of Covid-19 vaccine. A resident…

Americans’ perception of risk from the coronavirus is the lowest it has been since October, a new poll has found. When asked about risk to…

Terri Lynn in Naples, Florida said that she had to embark on a repeat three-hour road trip for her second dose. Elsie Morales in New York said that…

It’s the second week in February, a time of year when influenza is usually sweeping across the country. Yet this year, the US Centers for…

Over 4.6 million US adults have a peanut allergy — and many of them developed the allergy in adulthood, a new study has found. Over 800,000 of…

A roller coaster of research has stoked concerns that a coronavirus variant first linked to South Africa could be resistant to vaccines and raise the…

People have been living in a storm of stress during the ongoing pandemic and political turmoil, which has had a negative impact on our well-being. A…

The January 6 invasion of the US Capitol laid bare many uncomfortable truths about American society. Consider law enforcement’s differential…

Fully ensconced in the depths of the coronavirus crisis, the Biden administration says it is seeing the first signs of improvement — though…

South African health officials said Sunday they’re pausing the country’s rollout of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine after a study…

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Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are decreasing across much of the United States, but health experts warned that could change if fans gathered…

A new study finds that cases of a more contagious coronavirus variant are rapidly increasing in the United States, and significant community…

As officials make strides to improve accessibility to Covid-19 vaccines in the United States, some states are turning their focus to the underserved…

“It’s a black hole.” That’s how one reader described the process of trying to sign her elderly parents up to receive the…

President Joe Biden’s team is promising new guidance on school reopenings next week. But even as more Covid-19 vaccine shots go into arms two…

Johnson & Johnson officially asked the US Food and Drug Administration for an emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine Thursday,…

Back in March, a doctor at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found himself swearing at his television set. He was watching a news…

Click here for updates on this story     Beaumont, California (KCAL/KCBS) — The parents of an 8-year-old boy who developed…

The debate over when and how and whether to put American kids back in school is taking on a predictably partisan tinge in Washington, with…

Vaccines are being rolled out in phases, and each state decides precisely who is eligible for each phase in its jurisdiction. When can YOU get the…

It’s called COVAX — and it may be the best hope in vaccinating the world. The relative obscurity of this vaccine program belies its…

It was negative 13 degrees Celsius (8.6 degrees Fahrenheit) when Lorelou Desjardins took a break from her workday to take a walk on the frozen lake…

The Covid-19 variant first identified in the UK is spreading in the US and could become dominant as the country races to administer vaccines, Dr.…