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U.K.’s first recipient of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine received her second dose of the shot on Tuesday, becoming the first person outside of clinical study to be fully inoculated, according to reports.

A Chicago family says one haircut led to the coronavirus-related deaths of their two parents after the illness ripped through several family members within days.

A study on coronavirus antibodies in Wuhan’s population conducted back in mid-April suggests the true tally of COVID-19 infections may have been 10 times higher than the numbers were reported by health officials.

Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa's top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed.

A coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom has caused alarm because of the possibility that it might spread more easily. But even if that turns out to be true, experts say the COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out will likely still work on the variant.

2020 was quite the year — though likely not in the way many were expecting. 

Hospitals in Los Angeles County are reporting a surge in COVID-19 patients and some have been forced to temporarily cease ambulance arrivals and use gift shops as makeshift treatment rooms.

After reports surfaced of a "mysterious, pneumonia-like" illness in early 2020, the science and medical community has since undertaken efforts to develop, manufacture and overcome regulatory hurdles for vaccines and therapeutics to combat the deadly novel coronavirus, hopefully finding a way out of the global pandemic at unprecedented speed.

While researchers continue to study lasting, long-term effects following infection from the novel coronavirus, new reports reiterate the so-called “long haulers” experiencing a distorted sense of smell, catching odd, unpleasant fishy, sulphur and burning scents, per reports.

The New York Health Department (DOH) Commissioner Howard Zucker announced ParCare Community Health Network – with five locations in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan – was under criminal investigation over concerns it "may have fraudulently obtained" the coveted COVID-19 vaccine."

Though figures from a federal COVID-19 vaccine-tracking system are likely an underestimate, the U.S. will probably fall short of its original goal of 20 million individuals vaccinated against the novel coronavirus by the end of the year.

Underused rapid antigen tests and lack of interest in cleaning indoor air are the two missing pieces amid the deadly, novel coronavirus pandemic, says an expert.

Health officials in Southern California will likely determine that areas in the region will have to continue to implement their stay-at-home orders after the holiday weekend, according to a report.

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A 3-year-old Missouri boy suffered a stroke after testing positive for coronavirus antibodies, his family says. 

A scary new strain of coronavirus, innocuously named B.1.1.7, has recently exploded across southeast England, prompting the government to tighten lockdowns on the region. Though we don't know all the details, experts are increasingly confident it is more easily transmitted than other strains.

With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to try to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work?

Rosa Otero prepares her dinner for another nightly meal in solitude.

Though top public health experts have urged Americans to avoid traveling this holiday season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, some may still be choosing to make plans for Christmas. 

Using simple, everyday medicines available in your medicine cabinet or on your kitchen counter could counter the effects of coronavirus, a report said Thursday.