So your kid has a Covid-19 symptom. What do you do now?
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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With a black suit jacket shrugged off her left shoulder, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer didn’t flinch while getting a flu vaccination on live…
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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…
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When people obeyed stay-at-home orders this past spring, it reduced the spread of Covid-19, according to new research published Tuesday. “These…
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Half a million US children have been diagnosed with Covid-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital…
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Talking robots that interact with older people could be introduced into care homes to help fight loneliness and mental ill health. Pepper, a…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Another federal official is making it clear that despite President Trump’s predictions, there’s hardly any chance a vaccine will be…
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Americans have two choices as they celebrate Labor Day: 1. Be responsible. Keep gatherings small, have them outside, wear a face mask when…
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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…
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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…
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Australia and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere just finished their easiest flu seasons on record, and the United States and other nations…
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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…
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Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are two diseases that many Americans are all too familiar with, but there is another dementia that plagued the…
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More than 340 million children and adolescents, globally, were overweight or obese in 2016, meaning they’re at greater risk for obesity and…
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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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Covid-19 can have lasting impacts on the body, but there is hope that patients can not only recover over time, but can do so more quickly with…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s state health officials on Sunday reported 66 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and three additional deaths,…
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported five new coronavirus deaths on Sunday morning, bringing the total of pandemic deaths in the…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Health officials in Texas on Saturday reported 4,456 new coronavirus cases in the state and 177 additional deaths due to Covid-19,…
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