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Johns Hopkins Professor of Public Health Dr. Marty Makary criticized federal health experts for being late to consider the safety of outdoor activities, as well as folks who collectively "shame" people who choose not to take the coronavirus vaccine -- in an interview on "Your World."

Medical professionals at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Virginia are using the latest technology to try to turn paralyzed service members into “cyborgs” — an electrical implant in the spine is designed to stimulate the body's sensorimotor networks, allowing the vets to walk again.

A male patient is under care at the University of California San Francisco medical center for vaccine-induced blood clotting, a spokeswoman confirmed to Fox News.

Officials in Iowa have reportedly asked for nearly 22,000 additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine set to be shipped to the state this week to be withheld due to waning demand for the product, per a local report. 

The Biden administration will share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as supply becomes available, Andy Slavitt, White House senior advisor on the COVID response announced Monday.

The country’s recent decline in new cases of the novel coronavirus is a “hopeful trend,” said the former head of the Food and Drug Administration over the weekend. 

Canadian health authorities attempted to assuage concerns Sunday about the safety of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines coming in from a troubled Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore, Md. 

While vaccines are helping to curb the pandemic, easier and better treatments are needed, especially as virus variants spread.

More than a third of the passengers on flight UK6395—52 so far—have tested positive, the most from any plane arriving in the city.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated guidelines for youth summer camps during COVID-19 on Saturday that address physical distancing, added vaccination information, removed guidance on physical barriers, and updated considerations for screening testing and contact tracing.

Each year the U.S. approves dozens of new uses for cancer drugs based on early signs that they can shrink or slow the spread of tumors.

The director of the National Institutes of Health said on Sunday predicted that the US could reach “herd immunity” from COVID-19 at 70 to 85 percent of people vaccinated or previously infected — and said some regions of the country are getting close to that.

A top European Union official said Sunday that Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 should be able to travel to Europe by summer, easing existing travel restrictions.

Around 30% of adults in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated, with around 50% of adults having received at least the first shot.

A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology challenges widespread social distancing guidelines, asserting that the "six-foot rule" is inadequate in mitigating indoor transmission of COVID-19.

As the coronavirus pandemic drags on into year two and U.S. eligibility for vaccines rises, a new Fox News poll finds one in five registered voters plan to skip the shot.

Federal health officials lifted a pause on use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Friday following an 11-day review and the recommendation of a panel of experts who determined it met safety standards despite rare instances of severe blood clots.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee is recommending that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine resume rollout, but include new language on the product’s emergency use authorization (EUA) warning remote risks of serious blood clots.

White House officials on Friday warned that the current coronavirus crisis in India is an example of what could happen elsewhere should the pandemic go uncontrolled. 

Federal health officials have identified several additional cases of a rare but serious blood clot in people who received the J&J COVID-19 vaccine.