Healthy, young people may need to wait until 2022 for a coronavirus vaccine, a World Health Organization warned on Wednesday, as countries look to prioritize people at high risk.
The FDA said taking these common pain relievers at 20 weeks gestation or later in the pregnancy can cause rare but serious kidney problems in the unborn baby, leading to low levels of amniotic fluid and possible pregnancy-related complications.
The rising number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and abroad sparked a stern warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) this week: As cases rise, mortality rates will, too.
A pair of new studies suggest that those with a certain blood type may be less likely to be infected with the novel coronavirus, and less likely to suffer severe illness if they were to be infected.
Drug overdose deaths saw a significant increase during the first few months of 2020, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, on Thursday called herd immunity and implications from The Great Barrington Declaration “nonsense and very dangerous.”
Wildfires churning out dense plumes of smoke as they scorch huge swaths of the U.S. West Coast have exposed millions of people to hazardous pollution levels, causing emergency room visits to spike and potentially thousands of deaths among the elderly and infirm, according to an Associated Press analysis of pollution data and interviews with physicians, health authorities and researchers.
Former minor league baseball player Dan Venezia described his battle with COVID-19, telling “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that while the virus took over his mind and body, he would not let it break his spirit.
Exposure to child care was not associated with a heightened risk of coronavirus infection for providers, according to what authors say is the largest study of its kind.
Cases of COVID-19 patients being reinfected have cropped up around the world but experts say it’s unclear whether the virus will be like the vast majority of diseases and not return more severe on its second go-round.
One doctor recently worked to dispel the idea that COVID-19 illness does not affect children, as he described one severe case involving a heart transplant.
