Covid-19 case rates among children track much more consistently with overall case rates in a state than with trends in in-person learning in K-12…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 24 new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning. The latest deaths…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas reported 72 more deaths Wednesday from Covid-19, but hospitalizations from the disease continued to fall. However,…
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Life expectancy in the US dropped a full year in the first half of 2020, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease…
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UPDATE, Feb. 17: University Medical Center announced Wednesday night that it had now received one of two weather-delayed shipments of second doses of…
Continue Reading The scene sits at the core of tense debate across America. In the city of Atlanta’s public schools, masks cover the faces of children and…
Continue Reading Americans may soon be able to choose between two clearly labeled levels of face mask protection while browsing store shelves. The new national mask…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Just over 280 newly confirmed cases were reported Wednesday by New Mexico health officials, bringing the statewide total to…
Continue Reading Tessa Miller was just 23 when her nightmare of deadly infections, procedures and misdiagnoses began. Over the next several years, Miller tried dozens…
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The Biden administration is relishing the chance to put its new-and-improved distribution program on display with the release of the forthcoming…
Continue Reading A new report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday suggests that Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine can protect people…
Continue Reading People who survive a bout of Covid-19 with mild symptoms or even no symptoms may be able to thank their Neanderthal ancestors, a new study suggests.…
Continue Reading People with mental disorders have been found to be at higher risk of developing age-related diseases, but not necessarily at greater risk of aging…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico ranks as third in the U.S. when it comes to vaccine distribution, having boosted the number of vaccines…
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WASHINGTON, DC — Federal agents have seized more than 10 million fake N95 masks in recent weeks. It’s the result of an ongoing investigation into…
Continue Reading New coronavirus variants could lead to a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, and can “dangerously accelerate the trajectory of the pandemic,”…
Continue Reading The world’s first Covid-19 human challenge study will begin within a month in the UK, deliberately exposing up to 90 healthy young people to…
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 41 coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday morning, elevating the county’s…
Continue Reading Fully vaccinated people can now skip quarantine even if they’ve been exposed to Covid-19, according to new guidelines from the US Centers for…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced that it has agreed to buy a further 300 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine against Covid-19 and was…
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian Authority sent the first shipment of coronavirus vaccines to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday,…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said during a CNN town hall Tuesday that teachers should be moved higher on the list of those who are getting vaccinated against…
Continue Reading While many Americans were dealing with how to stay warm Tuesday, some vaccine providers were dealing with the news that some shipments were running…
Continue Reading Lowering Covid-19 cases across the US isn’t only critical to helping prevent another surge fueled by variants — it also makes vaccines…
Continue Reading Going back more than a hundred years, New York has held the dubious distinction of being a corruption leader among US states and has struggled to…
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EL PASO, Texas — A middle school band maestro is among the latest El Paso coronavirus deaths, it was confirmed by his family on Tuesday. Alfredo…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden took part in his first town hall since entering the White House last month, answering questions from CNN’s Anderson Cooper…
Continue Reading Vaccine distribution slowed in many areas because of winter storms engulfing much of the country Monday and Tuesday. Here are the localities and…
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SANTA FE. New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 308 additional Covid-19 cases on Tuesday and a dozen deaths. A woman in her 80s…
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first coronavirus shots were given to health workers, beginning the vaccination campaign considered crucial to holding the…
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