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WHO’s new COVID guidelines see fewer patients requiring hospitalization
Most patients are unlikely to develop severe disease or die if they…
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to two scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on…
5 things to know about the new COVID-19 vaccine
It may be time to get your COVID-19 vaccine again. There’s a…
CDC recommends updated COVID shots for people 6 months of age and older
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended updated COVID-19…
New coronavirus variant has experts on alert and WHO is urging countries to step up COVID surveillance
A new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has put epidemiologists around the…
WHO names Eris a COVID variant of interest. Here’s what you need to know.
The World Health Organization has upgraded COVID-19 variant EG.5 to a variant…
New ‘Eris’ COVID variant is dominant in the U.S., but a shortage of data is making it hard to track
A new variant of COVID-19 dubbed EG.5 has become dominant in the…
COVID pandemic is officially over in the U.S., excess-deaths data show
The COVID-19 pandemic is definitively over, according to two recent reports focused…
U.S. dollar could soon wipe out all of its post-pandemic gains, Soc Gen strategist warns
The slide in the U.S. dollar in the last eight months could…
World Health Organization declares end to COVID global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to the COVID-19…
The doctor won’t Zoom with you now: The telehealth frenzy is over.
The pandemic opened the floodgates to telehealth. Now, many patients and doctors…
Loneliness is an ‘epidemic’ that costs billions and leads to bad health outcomes and even death
Loneliness is more than a bad feeling. It’s as deadly as smoking…
China is not only asserting itself geopolitically but openly questioning the U.S.’s central role on the world stage
It’s been a busy few months for China — and sobering ones…
Leading infectious-disease expert says COVID-19 is now endemic, but Americans are divided on whether pandemic is over
A leading infectious-disease expert said this week that data is showing the…
Alibaba Stock Jumps After Earnings Beat. Chinese Lockdowns Still Weighed.
Alibaba reported better-than-expected earnings in the final three months of 2022, giving…
Omicron subvariant that’s dominant in U.S. extends lead over other variants in latest week, CDC data shows
The omicron subvariant that became dominant in the U.S. several weeks ago…
WHO counted nearly 20 million new COVID cases in latest month as it shifts from weekly reporting schedule
The World Health Organization said nearly 20 million new COVID cases were…
Biden to end U.S. COVID emergencies on May 11, but more than 500 people are still dying every day
President Joe Biden will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19…
Pandemic is still a global health emergency but it may be reaching a point where higher immunity levels mean fewer deaths
The coronavirus pandemic is still a global health emergency, according to the…