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Health officials detected a case of the Brazilian coronavirus variant in a New York resident for the first time last week.

Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better.

Bill and Esther Ilnisky spent nearly seven decades together as Christian ministers and missionaries, working in the Caribbean and Middle East before preaching for 40 years in Florida.

AstraZeneca said in a statement early Monday the Phase III trial of its COVID-19 vaccine –which was conducted in the U.S.—showed a 79% effectiveness in preventing symptomatic infections and a 100% efficacy “at preventing severe disease and hospitalization.”

Delayed cancer screenings amid the pandemic may result in more patients presenting with advanced forms of the disease in the future, doctors worry.

At least one midwestern state could see herd immunity by this summer, according to a health official there. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated K-12 school distancing guidelines to reflect that they can safely reopen while maintaining 3 feet of space between students as long as there is universal mask use.

The tiny British overseas territory — famed for its Rock of Gibraltar — has become the “first nation in the world” to vaccinate its entire adult population against COVID-19, ITV reported.

Johnson & Johnson is forging plans to create a second-generation coronavirus vaccine, a spokesperson at Janssen confirmed to Fox News.

Germany, France and Italy were among the countries to resume AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations Friday shortly after UK and EU regulators concluded the jab was safe and effective amid reports of blood clotting in some vaccinated individuals.

The scientist who won the race to deliver the first widely used coronavirus vaccine says people can rest assured the shots are safe, and the technology behind it will soon be used to fight another global scourge — cancer.

The progress of vaccine rollouts and growing herd immunity means the coronavirus pandemic should all but disappear in the U.S. in April or May, Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary told "America's Newsroom" Thursday.

Face masks used to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus as well as protecting yourself from the deadly disease have become an important tool in the past year that has been the COVID-19 pandemic. Though they’re necessary and useful, face masks — namely the disposable kind that are made of plastic microfibers — could be contributing to the world’s ongoing plastic problem, suggests new research. 

The United States is on track to hit President Biden’s goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans on Friday, just 58 days after his inauguration.

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The United States plans to send a combined 4 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Canada and Mexico, respectively, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday. 

The director of the CDC Dr. Rochelle Walensky was pressed again on the agency’s potential plans to update school distancing guidance during a Senate committee hearing on Thursday as Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, cited increases in mental health emergencies among the nation’s youth.

Soaring numbers of COVID-19 cases have been recorded in more than a dozen states — as experts warn that the US could see a resurgence if Americans let their guard down with more lax public health rules.

A safety committee with Europe’s regulator concluded AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, with no ties to increased risks of blood clots in vaccinated individuals. However, a definitive link to serious blood disorders could not be ruled out.

A suburban Detroit woman infected with COVID-19 gave birth then underwent a double lung transplant just weeks later to save her life, doctors said Wednesday.