Getting vaccinated for the flu and pneumonia may reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in the future, according to two separate abstracts presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference.
Disability rights have come a long way since the Americans for Disabilities Act became law 30 years ago, but the children of 'Crip Camp' and other activists say there is still much to be done.
Ninety one thousand lives have been snatched by an unrelenting pandemic since the first state in the US reopened on April 24. Here are some of their stories.
Florida on Saturday became the US state with the second-highest official coronavirus case count, passing New York, once the country's epicenter early in the pandemic.
Nurses and doctors have gone to creative extremes to reuse the same masks, gloves and scrubs they need to treat contagious coronavirus patients. But if a prototype mask created by researchers proves widely effective, it may be a safer alternative for health care workers.
Covid-19 can be a prolonged illness, even among young adults without underlying chronic medical conditions, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. Thirty-five percent of those surveyed by the agency said they still weren't back to their usual good health even two to three weeks after testing positive for the disease.
As the number of Covid-19 cases goes up, another trend line is going down -- dramatically. The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic is plummeting.
The United States has been widely criticized for its approach to the coronavirus pandemic, and the lack of strict nationwide measures to contain the outbreak is reflected in the highest number of cases and deaths in the world.
Coronavirus cases are surging in Gwinnett County, Georgia, where the numbers are among the highest in the state and also where parents and students are demanding schools reopen their doors for the new school year.
The battle over the United States' pandemic response, which has been playing out for months in public between President Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci, moved to a new venue on Thursday: The pitcher's mound.
Two young brothers from Houston said goodbye to their mother at the beginning of July, not knowing their father would also die 15 days later and for the same reason.
A 26-day-old baby in Berks County, Pennsylvania tested positive for Covid-19 following an autopsy, Berks County Acting Coroner Jonn Hollenbach told CNN Thursday.
Amid concerns about staying safe through a global pandemic, hundreds of millions of people across the world are also worrying about how they will get their next meal.
