Americans are wondering: Will I get the vaccine or the virus first?
“It’s a black hole.” That’s how one reader described the process of trying to sign her elderly parents up to receive the…
Continue Reading“It’s a black hole.” That’s how one reader described the process of trying to sign her elderly parents up to receive the…
Continue ReadingThe United States has seen progress on several fronts against Covid-19 this week — including the opening of new mass inoculation sites and a…
Continue ReadingWhen Patricia Dowd passed away last February, no one knew it was from Covid-19. She was 57 and very active, her brother said. Dowd had come down with…
Continue ReadingAs a Pittsburgher by birth, I’ve got a lot of hometown pride. (Just ask anyone who’s ever met me.) I love Heinz Ketchup, the Pirates, the…
Continue ReadingPresident 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…
Continue ReadingJohnson & Johnson officially asked the US Food and Drug Administration for an emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine Thursday,…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 589 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 23 additional deaths Friday, raising the state’s…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso on Friday said its latest coronavirus vaccine shipment had arrived, with 1,000 more doses allocated than prior…
Continue ReadingIt’s Super Bowl weekend — a moment that many people, at the start of the season, did not think we’d ever see. After all, when the…
Continue ReadingFour leading baby food manufacturers knowingly sold baby food that contained high levels of toxic heavy metals, according to internal company…
Continue ReadingThe 45-year-old patient had been sick with coronavirus for months. Doctors had given him the antiviral drug remdesivir to fight the virus,…
Continue ReadingBack 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…
Continue ReadingMask mandates can work, according to research released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday. One new study showed that, in places…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Both chambers of Congress have now passed a budget resolution, a key procedural step that sets up the ability for Democrats to…
Continue ReadingThe debate over when and how and whether to put American kids back in school is taking on a predictably partisan tinge in Washington, with…
Continue ReadingVaccines 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…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department announced six coronavirus-related deaths Friday morning. Health officials said the deaths…
Continue ReadingIt’s called COVAX — and it may be the best hope in vaccinating the world. The relative obscurity of this vaccine program belies its…
Continue ReadingYou might be among the more than 26.6 million people in the United States who have had Covid-19 — and when it comes to coronavirus vaccines,…
Continue ReadingIt 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…
Continue ReadingBy Allison Hope, CNN Hold the flowers and the chocolates and the sappy love poems. Forget Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day and the…
Continue ReadingIt might be surprising to people who think of football players training only in the weight room or on the field, but yoga has been a mainstay in the…
Continue ReadingThe 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.…
Continue ReadingDEL RIO, Texas — Azeneth Perry traced the sign of the cross on her body as she watched the ambulance drive away. Her husband, Paul, felt fine…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 565 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 17 more deaths Thursday, raising the state’s totals…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — It’s official, Dr. Ogechika Alozie is leaving El Paso’s Del Sol Medical Center. Alozie, a well-respected infectious disease…
Continue ReadingThere is some encouraging news in the fight against Covid-19 as more vaccines are being distributed and several states announced they will ease…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use…
Continue ReadingPeople who are part of the LGBTQ community may be more vulnerable to getting Covid-19 and may be more susceptible to a severe form of Covid-19,…
Continue ReadingA more contagious coronavirus variant is on the rise in the United States and could become dominant in hot spots like Florida and Southern California…
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