British drugmaker AstraZeneca said Monday it has started Phase 3 trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the United States, becoming the…
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What’s the most persistent and lethal threat to the US, according to Department of Homeland Security documents? White supremacy. Here’s…
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When Raquel Minina’s 11-year-old son Syrus came home from school in Paulding County, Georgia, last week with a sore throat, runny nodse and…
Continue Reading Do you have a pounding headache from work and family stress at home? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that pandemics can be…
Continue Reading Under two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner’s 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a…
Continue Reading Preventable deaths in children under 5 were at the lowest number on record in 2019 at just over 5 million, down from 12.5 million in 1990, according…
Continue Reading Pfizer and BioNTech are confident they can have a vaccine against the novel coronavirus ready for regulatory approval by the middle of October or…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas health officials on Tuesday said there had been more than 13,500 total deaths from the coronavirus, as the governor extended…
Continue Reading With a black suit jacket shrugged off her left shoulder, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer didn’t flinch while getting a flu vaccination on live…
Continue Reading Tuesday was the first day of school for more than 1.8 million students, with most of the nation’s biggest districts offering online only…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials said only 44 new coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday, including just three in Doña Ana…
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NEW YORK, NY — Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a patient…
Continue Reading When people obeyed stay-at-home orders this past spring, it reduced the spread of Covid-19, according to new research published Tuesday. “These…
Continue Reading Half a million US children have been diagnosed with Covid-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital…
Continue Reading Talking robots that interact with older people could be introduced into care homes to help fight loneliness and mental ill health. Pepper, a…
Continue Reading Nine vaccine makers say they have signed a joint pledge to uphold “high ethical standards,” suggesting they won’t seek premature…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced three new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning. The death toll now…
Continue Reading A group funded by the National Institutes of Health has released a series of emotional television ads asking Black people and Latinos to roll up…
Continue Reading In 2017, a team of experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security published a scenario as part of a training exercise that they believed…
Continue Reading Another federal official is making it clear that despite President Trump’s predictions, there’s hardly any chance a vaccine will be…
Continue Reading Americans have two choices as they celebrate Labor Day: 1. Be responsible. Keep gatherings small, have them outside, wear a face mask when…
Continue Reading AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas reported 2,057 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, and 20 additional deaths. The Texas Department of State…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 46 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus — the lowest daily number in the…
Continue Reading A team of experts on food contamination says it is highly unlikely that food is a source of Covid-19 transmission. The International Commission on…
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EL PASO, Texas — This year, more than 277,000 American women and men will be diagnosed with breast cancer. As of this week, there’s a new…
Continue Reading Australia and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere just finished their easiest flu seasons on record, and the United States and other nations…
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health did not announce any new coronavirus-related deaths Monday morning. It breaks a streak of…
Continue Reading Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are two diseases that many Americans are all too familiar with, but there is another dementia that plagued the…
Continue Reading More than 340 million children and adolescents, globally, were overweight or obese in 2016, meaning they’re at greater risk for obesity and…
Continue Reading Labor Day weekend celebrations are in full swing — and many include the large crowds of people health experts feared would form. Covid-19…
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