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January 29 2021, 08:00
A new study suggests pregnant women who contract severe COVID-19 disease face a heightened risk of death and preterm delivery compared to those with asymptomatic cases of the illness.
January 29 2021, 08:00
An Illinois mother of a teenager who killed himself during the coronavirus pandemic is suing Gov. JB Pritzker over COVID-19 restrictions telling “The Faulkner Focus” on Thursday, “My son died because of COVID isolation.”
January 29 2021, 08:00
Schizophrenia may be one of the highest risk factors for dying from COVID-19, second only to age, according to a new study. 
January 29 2021, 08:00
A coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by French biotech Valneva has launched manufacturing in Scotland, the company announced Thursday.
January 29 2021, 08:00
A draft recommendation from Germany’s vaccination advisory committee calls for offering the AstraZeneca vaccine only to people aged 18-64 for now, citing what it says is insufficient data to judge its effectiveness for older people.
January 29 2021, 08:00
A mutation of the novel coronavirus that was first identified in South Africa has officially reached the United States. South Carolina health officials on Thursday announced that two cases of the variant — known as  B.1.351 — were identified in two residents with no recent travel history, suggesting they were locally acquired. 
January 29 2021, 08:00
People infected with the more transmissible U.K. coronavirus strain were more likely to report symptoms like cough, fatigue, muscle aches and sore throat, according to a survey.
January 29 2021, 08:00
Alabama health officials said they have confirmed three cases of the U.K. coronavirus variant in the state, including two in residents under 19.
January 29 2021, 08:00
Michigan's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer chided the state's House Republicans on Thursday after the lawmakers threatened to withhold billions in school funding over arguments regarding her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 29 2021, 08:00
A Louisiana widow says she was stunned when a cemetery denied a burial plot for her husband, a black sheriff’s deputy — claiming it was for "whites only."