This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money [read more]
In May, President Joe Biden called for a more thorough investigation of the origins of the pandemic, with the potential of the virus being leaked from a lab being re-examined. However, a natural origin of the [read more]
LOS ANGELES – Despite beating back some of the highest coronavirus rates in the country earlier this year, Los Angeles County is once again seeing an uptick in new infections. Public health officials reported a 165 percent [read more]
A woman in Missouri was afraid of the side effects from COVID-19 vaccines and chose not to get the shots, but later contracted the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus and died in the hospital. [read more]
The lead White House COVID-19 response coordinator acknowledged Sunday that younger Americans feel less vulnerable to COVID-19, making them less likely to get vaccinated. “Younger people, particularly those in their 20s, have felt less vulnerable to [read more]
To combat summer spikes, the White House announced Thursday it will send out “surge response teams” to aid in nationwide vaccination efforts. About 1,000 counties in the U.S. have vaccination coverage of less than 30%, and they’re [read more]
Here’s a breakdown of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and their potential side effects Side effects are possible after receiving any COVID vaccine currently being administered in the U.S. Experiencing side effects isn’t necessarily a [read more]
The vaccine took another hit last week, when regulators told Johnson & Johnson that it should throw out tens of millions of additional doses produced at a plant in Baltimore because they might be contaminated. The diminished supply [read more]
Novavax, a small American company buoyed by lavish support from the U.S. government, announced on Monday the results of a clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine in the United States and Mexico, finding that its [read more]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that the much-debated treatment hasn’t been shown to help slow [read more]
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