As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, we answer 7 lingering vaccine questions
It’s now open season for COVID-19 vaccines across the United States. After months of having to scramble to find a shot, the tables have turned…
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Cleaning indoor air may prevent COVID-19’s spread. But it’s harder than it looks
As restaurants, bars, businesses and schools reopen and mask requirements drop for the fully vaccinated, some people are asking how to bring in customers and…
The CDC’s changes to mask guidelines raised questions. Here are 6 answers
The most recent federal guidance on wearing masks offered a glimmer of hope that the pandemic’s end was inching closer, but it has also caused…
Here are answers to 3 persistent questions about the coronavirus’s origins
Controversy is once again swirling around the origins of the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, rekindling calls to pin down just where it came from:…
Here’s what we know about the risks of serious side effects from COVID-19 vaccines
Many people have experienced sore arms and feeling wiped out for a couple of days after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Some get fevers, chills and…
Vaccinating people in developing countries costs far less than doing nothing
As the United States and other nations celebrate what looks like the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic — with a quarter to…
After vaccinating 95 percent of adults, a Brazilian city is returning to normal
In Serrana, Brazil, schools are reopening and plans are under way for a large open-air concert. Health care workers suddenly have time for sit-down meals…
Here’s what you should know about COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
Roughly six months ago, on December 11, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States. What…
How one medical team is bringing COVID-19 vaccines to hard-to-reach Hispanic communities
PHILADELPHIA — In a makeshift tent behind a soccer goal and close enough to a taco stand that the smell of grilling barbacoa and carnitas…
How COVID-19 created a perfect storm for a deadly fungal infection in India
As India reels from a devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new horror is plaguing people there. Some COVID-19 patients “go home only…