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They say money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy the kind of lifestyle that allows a person to social distance during a dangerous pandemic.

Those who suffer from Type 2 Diabetes may see remission if they follow a low-carbohydrate diet for at least six months, a new study suggests. 

With seniors making up over 20% of Florida's total population, actually getting a vaccine shot is proving difficult.

The global death toll due to coronavirus surpassed 2 million on Friday, with the latest data recording 2,000,905 fatalities.

Coronavirus cases in Iowa surpassed 300,000 for the first time this week, estimates for the state health department show. 

A top doctor for Norway’s drug regulatory agency on Friday suggested side effects from the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine may have contributed to deaths in some older patients.

Retired nurses and medical students are now approved to administer the coveted coronavirus vaccines in South Carolina as the state moves closer toward opening up expanded access for residents.

A recent study estimated average life expectancy in the U.S. dropped by more than a year in 2020, with the country’s mortality due to COVID-19 skewing toward researchers’ highest death toll projections.

The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand for the shots.

A state board on Wednesday suspended the license of a Wisconsin pharmacist accused of ruining more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine because he thought it was unsafe.

Workaholics, people with “a compulsion or an uncontrollable need to work incessantly," are twice as likely to be depressed and have poorer sleep quality than normal employees, a new study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found. 

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, an estimated 1 in 3 people in Los Angeles has been infected with COVID-19, according to a report released this week by Los Angeles County Health Services.

Could the novel coronavirus become the leading cause of death in Arizona? It’s likely, warned a researcher in the state this week. 

After a small study suggested stem cells from umbilical cords offered coronavirus patients a safe treatment, boosting survival rates and fast-tracking recovery, outside experts are echoing calls for larger, multicenter clinical trials.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday heavily underscored mistrust in Chinese leadership, offering a nearly day-by-day account of federal steps taken to control coronavirus since the start of the pandemic as officials dealt with the noncooperative communist counterpart.

Days after the Trump administration urged states to open coronavirus vaccine distribution to wider groups, including those 65 and older, the nation surpassed the 11 million mark in terms of shots distributed.

The scarring on some coronavirus survivors’ lungs is worse than in those who smoke, a trauma surgeon in Texas recently said when speaking to just one of the possible long-term effects this novel disease can have on its victims. 

Being infected with COVID-19 could protect people from infection for up to five months, possibly longer, a new U.K. study shows.

New Jersey on Thursday opened up coronavirus vaccine distribution to include residents ages 65 and older and those ages 16 and older who have at least one chronic medical condition, which the state said includes smoking and obesity, but teachers and other essential workers who do not fall into this category will still have to wait.

Texas became the second state to surpass the 2 million mark this week as the region experiences record-high coronavirus numbers in the month of January.