“The antigen that the at-home tests look for has remained fairly stable even as the virus mutates and new strains of COVID develop,” Michelle Chan, an infectious disease physician at Beth Israel ...

The CDC’s vaccine panel, ACIP, changed its recommendations for childhood vaccines and COVID-19 shots, further limiting access. HHS Secretary RFK Jr. reformed ACIP this year to include doctors and ...

Getting a COVID vaccine is different this year.  Under the Trump administration, federal government agencies limited eligibility and, just last week, softened recommendations for who should receive ...

While Stratus is the dominant COVID variant right now, it’s not causing any wildly different symptoms from previous variants, according to infectious disease specialist Amesh Adalja, M.D., senior ...

A summer COVID-19 wave has been surging across the U.S. since June and into fall, with high levels of viral activity still reported in wastewater across most states.

A mess of changing, sometimes contradictory, vaccine guidelines this year has made it confusing to tell whether you can or should get a COVID-19 shot—especially if you’re pregnant. Both the FDA and ...

The symptoms of XFG closely resemble those of other COVID variants, Weber said, and may include: Yes. Studies have shown rapid antigen tests can detect a variety of COVID variants, including XFG, ...

A new analysis from Trace One identifies which U.S. states report the most foodborne disease outbreaks—when two or more people become ill from the same contaminated food or drink—using the ...

Dr. Michael P. Hirsh, medical director at the City of Worcester Division of Public Health, says, "People are a lot more cavalier about the virus.” ...

Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. A surgical ...

US health officials now leave booster decisions to individuals, and the WHO urges “focused protection” for those at highest risk. Yet without hard numbers on whose immunity fades fastest, personal ...