Covid-19 vaccines are here, but key questions remain. By Umair Irfan Dec 28, 2020, 3:30pm EST Two highly effective Covid-19 vaccines are now being administered across the United States, and more are in the pipeline. Almost 2 million people have already received the first of two doses of these vaccines, and officials are aiming to...

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Aaron Steckelberg, Lena H. Sun and Laurie McGinleyDec. 21, 2020HomeShare69 The first coronavirus vaccine was administered to U.S. health-care workers Dec. 14. Now that a second vaccine is being used, public health officials are hoping that at least 70 percent of the population will be inoculated so that the nation can achieve herd immunity and...

If you’ve been exposed, are sick, or are caring for someone with COVID-19 Updated: December 21, 2020Published: March, 2020 As the new coronavirus spreads across the globe, the chances that you will be exposed and get sick continue to increase. If you’ve been exposed to someone with COVID-19 or begin to experience symptoms of the...

By Katie ShepherdDec. 23, 2020 at 2:33 a.m. CST A southern Oregon community was recently devastated by two coronavirus outbreaks that killed seven people and caused hundreds to quarantine fearing they had been exposed to the virus. But unlike headline-grabbing outbreaks that have led to deaths elsewhere in the United States, these covid-19 clusters did...

CDC revises face mask guidelines, says you should avoid this type of mask A woman in a 3-ply face mask applies hand sanitizer to kill the novel coronavirus. Image source: Goffkein/Adobe By Chris Smith@chris_writes August 10th, 2020 at 10:52 AM The CDC made a big change to its face masks guidelines last week, advising people...

The busiest hospitals in Houston are increasingly telling emergency responders they cannot safely accept new patients as hundreds of coronavirus patients crowd emergency rooms, and hospitals scramble to open more intensive care space. HOUSTON — Houston hospitals have been forced to treat hundreds of COVID-19 patients in their emergency rooms — sometimes for several hours...