By the time his parents rushed him to the hospital, 11-year-old Pablo was barely eating and had stopped drinking entirely. Weakened by months of self-privation, his heart had slowed to a crawl and his kidneys were faltering. Medics injected him with fluids and fed him through a tube — first steps toward stitching together yet another child coming apart amid the tumult of the coronavirus crisis.
The Maryland-based biotech Novavax has announced its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has 96.4% efficacy against COVID-19 illness from the original strain, sliding to 86.3% against the U.K. variant and falling to 48.6% in South Africa amid circulation of another concerning coronavirus variant.
Vermont recently expanded its coronavirus vaccine eligibility to residents who are 16 years of age or older who have underlying health conditions that could put them more at risk for severe illness should they contract COVID-19.
When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting the term and maintaining that the highly infectious virus could still be stopped.
Biohacker Dave Asprey, creator of Bulletproof Coffee, and Dr. Mark Hyman, creator of The Pegan Diet — as in, paleo and vegan — recently went viral online with their conversation about evidence that obesity can increase the likelihood of serious complications from a coronavirus infection.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could "soon" ease its coronavirus-related physical distancing guidelines for in-person learning from six-feet to three, researchers tell Fox News.
Multiple patients at a Kroger location in Virginia who were hoping to receive the COVID-19 vaccine were reportedly injected with an empty syringe by mistake, according to a local report.
Americans born in southern states faced the lowest life expectancies in 2018, according to a new report issued by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Together with the Israel Ministry of Health, Pfizer and BioNTech announced “real-world evidence” they say demonstrates that their COVID-19 vaccine “dramatically” lowers rates of the coronavirus in inoculated individuals.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, setting off a historic effort to fight against the respiratory illness that so far has killed over 2.6 million people worldwide.
Officials with the California Health Department were scrambling to allay residents’ fears this week after too many people received a letter telling them they may have received a too-weak dosage of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
Texas and Georgia are both lowering the age requirement for receiving the coronavirus vaccine, with the new rules in both states set to take effect next Monday, according to reports.
The family of a 911 operator in Phoenix who died after working a nearly 16-hour shift while sick is suiing the city for $35 million, according to reports.