Getting the COVID-19 vaccine? Avoid taking ibuprofen or acetaminophen beforehand, say experts who have expressed concerns that these over-the-counter pain relievers could possibly dull the vaccine’s effectiveness.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the recent Johnson & Johnson vaccine study, as well as one conducted by Novavax, are proof that coronavirus mutations that lead to different lineage “do have clinical consequences.”
As health officials continue to root out cases of coronavirus variants across the country, Americans can take several steps to protect themselves against infection.
Former Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Brett Giroir said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo cannot "shift the blame" onto the federal government after claiming he was following Trump administration nursing home guidelines that led to thousands of coronavirus deaths last year.
The Maryland-based biotech firm Novavax on Thursday announced the results of its late-stage clinical trial in Britain, finding that its two-dose jab was around 89% effective in preventing COVID-19 illness.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently studying the effectiveness of double masks – specifically a cloth mask placed over a medical mask – in stopping coronavirus spread, but does not yet have “hard data” to support whether it’d be better than using a single mask.
Fox News Medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel slammed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday, calling his actions “disgraceful” after a report from the state’s democratic attorney general found that the number of nursing home residents who died with COVID-19 last year may have been up to 50% higher than initial reports.
Johnson & Johnson on Friday said its single-shot coronavirus vaccine was 72% effective in preventing moderate-to-severe COVID-19 in the U.S, but fell to 66% in a larger trial conducted worldwide.
When nearly 200 evacuees from Wuhan, China, arrived in California last January, the U.S. health officials and staff who greeted them had virtually no plan for making sure they didn’t spread the coronavirus to Americans, a federal investigation found, according to a report.
When a group of health workers in Oregon was stuck on a highway during a snowstorm, they had to think fast to ensure the remaining COVID-19 vaccine doses they had on hand were administered before they expired — leading them to vaccinate the other stranded drivers around them.
A new study suggests pregnant women who contract severe COVID-19 disease face a heightened risk of death and preterm delivery compared to those with asymptomatic cases of the illness.
An Illinois mother of a teenager who killed himself during the coronavirus pandemic is suing Gov. JB Pritzker over COVID-19 restrictions telling “The Faulkner Focus” on Thursday, “My son died because of COVID isolation.”
A draft recommendation from Germany’s vaccination advisory committee calls for offering the AstraZeneca vaccine only to people aged 18-64 for now, citing what it says is insufficient data to judge its effectiveness for older people.
A mutation of the novel coronavirus that was first identified in South Africa has officially reached the United States. South Carolina health officials on Thursday announced that two cases of the variant — known as B.1.351 — were identified in two residents with no recent travel history, suggesting they were locally acquired.
People infected with the more transmissible U.K. coronavirus strain were more likely to report symptoms like cough, fatigue, muscle aches and sore throat, according to a survey.
With demand for COVID-19 vaccines outpacing the world’s supplies, a frustrated public and policymakers want to know: How can we get more? A lot more. Right away.
