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Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Albert Lam, a geriatrician who works with nursing home patients in Palo Alto, California, was excited to be among the first to prescribe the new antiviral [Read More…]

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 879,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]

iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn (NEW YORK) — There’s growing concern among union leaders in Boston that a “disproportionate” number of educators of color may leave their jobs because of a vaccine mandate for city employees. “We are [Read More…]

Gado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Moderna announced Thursday that it’s launched early-stage clinical trials of an HIV mRNA vaccine. The biotechnology company has teamed up with the nonprofit ​​International AIDS Vaccine Initiative to develop the shot, [Read More…]

EFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A new bill in California would allow children to get vaccinated against diseases including COVID-19 without their parents’ consent. Currently, kids in the state between ages 12 [Read More…]

SCIEPRO/Getty Images (DENVER) — A major new study has found that more and more young people are being diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer, prompting renewed calls among doctors for early detection and screening. Researchers from [Read More…]

Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the coronavirus pandemic upends a third consecutive school year, Adam Solovoy, of Chicago, said learning loss due to the pandemic is something he has witnessed firsthand in his [Read More…]

Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — The family of a Boston man is speaking out after they say their 31-year-old son was struck from a waitlist for a heart transplant because he was not [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (GENEVA) — Even as the omicron COVID-19 variant continues to sweep the globe, scientists are now monitoring a new mutation of omicron, dubbed BA.2. The World Health Organization maintains that BA.2 is [Read More…]

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study adds to the growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for both pregnant people and people hoping to become pregnant. The study, which looked at more [Read More…]

iStock/peterspiro (SEATTLE) — Seattle doctors say hospitals are reaching their breaking points as they deal with a crush of COVID-19 patients amid the latest surge fueled by the omicron variant. Between Jan. 13 and Jan. [Read More…]

STEFANI REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, said Sunday he is “as confident as you can be” about the prospect of most states reaching a [Read More…]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Students in Los Angeles public schools must wear a non-cloth mask with a nose wire at all times, including during sports, beginning Monday, the district announced in a letter [Read More…]

Glow Images/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Battle against omicron variant pushes hospitals, health care workers to the brink COVID-19 cases have soared to new records with nearly 800,000 new infections per day. A 55-year-old Minnesota man, [Read More…]

iStock/narvikk (NEW YORK) — As the recent COVID-19 wave begins to ebb on the East Coast and in the Midwest, Los Angeles County is still being battered by the virus. The county reported 102 new [Read More…]

Westend61/iStock (NEW YORK) — A peanut allergy treatment often used on children 4 years old and up in the U.S. appears to be safe for toddlers too, a new study has found. Around 2% of [Read More…]

Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There’s no denying therapy can be a valuable resource for guiding you through life’s ups and downs. However, it’s also important to recognize that your first meeting with a [Read More…]

Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images (OKLAHOMA CITY) — Oklahoma doctors say they are seeing a massive surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among children — more than during any previous wave of the pandemic. Between Jan. [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While the benefits of exercise are becoming increasingly well known, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that more than one-fifth of Americans remain [Read More…]

Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Many continue to worry about experiencing side effects from vaccines — especially the COVID-19 vaccines — but new data from a comprehensive meta-analysis suggests there is little to fear. [Read More…]