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May 19 2021, 08:00
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the newly updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for fully vaccinated people has helped him feel more comfortable not wearing a mask while indoors, and that prior to it he “didn’t want to look like I was giving mixed signals.”
May 19 2021, 08:00
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a briefing Tuesday defended the agency’s updated approach to monitoring breakthrough coronavirus infections, or COVID-19 occurring after a person is fully vaccinated.
May 19 2021, 08:00
With the first drawing for Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery system scheduled for May 26, state officials announced a change to the process Monday that will require participants to opt-in.
May 19 2021, 08:00
The White House’s senior COVID advisor Andy Slavitt made a personal pitch to young people to get vaccinated during a briefing on Tuesday, revealing that his own son has been dealing with symptoms of long-COVID since contracting the virus six months ago.
May 19 2021, 08:00
The European Union’s drug regulator on Monday backed more flexible storage for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, allowing for unopened thawed vaccine doses to be stored in a normal refrigerator for up to one month.
May 19 2021, 08:00
Roche’s SARS-CoV-2 test for people not experiencing symptoms received an emergency use authorization from the U.S. FDA, the company announced Tuesday, upholding federal guidance to expand diagnostic tools to tamp down asymptomatic spread.
May 19 2021, 08:00
The World Health Organization's director-general warned on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic “is a long way far from over” as he appealed for more funding for the agency’s response plan.
May 19 2021, 08:00
Texas has a lot to celebrate this week after reaching zero COVID deaths for the first time since the pandemic began.
May 19 2021, 08:00
Torah Bright, a gold medalist Australian Olympic snowboarder, fired back at critics who chided her for posting a photo of herself breastfeeding her child while doing a handstand.
May 19 2021, 08:00
Five more California counties will move to less restrictive tiers because of improving COVID-19 conditions and no counties regressed, the state Department of Public Health said Tuesday.