Health News

Optimism is finally building in Washington for a COVID-19 aid bill that would offer relief for businesses, the unemployed, schools and health care providers, among others struggling as caseloads are spiking

In the midst of a pandemic, the Supreme Court says it will take up the Trump administration’s stalled plan to allow states to require low-income people to work to receive health care under Medicaid

States are facing a deadline on Friday to place orders for the coronavirus vaccine as many reported record infections, hospitalizations and deaths

The job market is slowing down as the fall surge in the virus puts severe strain on the economy and health care system

Alabama health officials have urged the state Friday to extend its statewide mask mandate, set to expire next week

Citizens are advised to wear masks at all times, even inside their own homes.

A Vermont hospital network is still recovering from a massive digital disruption in October, signaling the dangers of cyberattacks on the nation's health care system during a surge of COVID-19

A spotlight on the COVID-19 vaccine, the safety measures people are taking as airlines prepare to ship it nationwide and as hospitalizations steadily rise.

Americans couldn’t resist the urge to gather for Thanksgiving

European Union police agency Europol has issued a warning highlighting the risk of organized crime scams linked to COVID-19 vaccines, including the possibility criminals will sell dangerous counterfeit vaccines

Three intensive care unit nurses share their experiences working during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joe Biden says he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president

Officials in Germany say they are taking the potential for attacks on mass vaccination centers into consideration as they set up sites to be used once European Union regulators approve the first coronavirus vaccines

Fauci said he has “great faith” in the country’s regulators.

"People say they don't deserve it," one expert said. "I don't buy that."

South Korea has recorded 629 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the highest daily tally in about nine months

Turkey’s president says he would get vaccinated against the coronavirus to set an example for his country’s citizens

The data came from a small number of phase 1 participants.

The U.K. was the first country to OK a vaccine backed by rigorous science.

Approval of early vaccines will make researching future ones very difficult.

A Maryland county health department is taking action after a coronavirus outbreak left a veteran public health worker dead and several colleagues with lasting medical problems

Vaccine development was quick, but "safety has not been compromised," one said.

A World War II veteran from Alabama has recovered from COVID-19 in time to mark his 104th birthday

California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients

The White House coronavirus response coordinator says Americans must not gather indoors with outsiders or take off their masks at any time when they are outdoors -- even when they are eating and drinking

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says most of the state will likely be under a new stay-at-home order within a day or two

States are drafting plans for who gets the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available this month, as the nation’s death toll from the pandemic surpassed 3,100 in a single day for the first time

With weeks to go before vaccine delivery, misinformation and conspiracy theories are flooding social media. Facebook says they’re fighting back, but experts say the problem is bigger.

Despite the pandemic’s toll on health care workers, medical school applications are spiking in what some are calling the "Fauci Effect."

Lawyers for a church with more than 160 congregations across California say they will seek an immediate court order allowing indoor worship after the Supreme Court told a lower federal court to reexamine state coronavirus restrictions on church services

Authorities say a couple were arrested at a Hawaii airport after traveling on a flight from the U.S. mainland despite knowing they were infected with COVID-19

Dr. Joseph Varon, who was seen in a viral image hugging his COVID-19 patient, describes the isolation of the sick and the compassion of their exhausted health care workers.

Dr. Carlos Araujo-Preza, a pulmonologist, was 51 years old.

Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages

The U_N_ chief is warning that the social and economic impact of COVID-19 “is enormous and growing.”

Three former presidents say they’d be willing to publicly take a coronavirus vaccine, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated against a disease that has already killed more than 275,000 people nationwide

Hospitals are under pressure ahead of a possibly dark winter.

Officials across the country have apologized for not heeding rules or guidance.

States are crafting plans that decide who should be at the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine and where the doses should be shipped once the federal government provides emergency authorization, as early as next week

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine to the right people could change the course of the pandemic in the United States

Los Angeles religious leaders have managed to conduct their annual ceremony honoring those who died with no one to claim their bodies by streaming it live on Facebook this year

IBM security researchers say they have detected a cyberespionage effort that used targeted phishing emails to try to collect vital information associated with a U.N. initiative for distributing coronavirus vaccine to developing countries

Portugal is aiming to vaccinate almost 1 million people against the coronavirus between January and April at the latest, and perhaps by the end of February, depending on the pace of vaccine deliveries

Buenos Aires has long had a thriving cafe scene and its many historic cafes and bars are officially recognized as “cafes notables” for their contribution to the capital’s culture

Addressing the grim record-breaking COVID-19 numbers as well as questions and concerns related to the upcoming vaccine.

A city in northern Greece hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic says it will scrap plans to set up Christmas decorations and a nativity scene this year to donate the money to the local hospital's intensive care ward

Belgium is planning to launch a COVID-19 vaccination campaign on a limited scale starting in early January

Belgium is planning to launch a COVID-19 vaccination campaign on a limited scale starting in early January

The coronavirus pandemic is preventing Pearl Harbor survivors from attending an annual ceremony to remember those killed in the 1941 attack

The U.S. has recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring