Being up to date on COVID-19 vaccines means having had three or four doses of the same shot at this point. Current boosters are the same formulations as the first authorized shots, based on the original strain of the coronavirus ...
Jun 2, 2022
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South Africa is experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases driven by two omicron sub-variants, according to health experts.
May 15, 2022
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In December of 2019, several cases of atypical pneumonia caused by an unknown agent were reported in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province in China. In early January 2020, it was announced that these cases were caused ...
Feb 4, 2022
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The World Health Organization has warned blanket travel bans will not prevent the spread of Omicron, as more countries rushed to impose curbs and the first cases of the new COVID strain were detected in Latin America.
Dec 1, 2021
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The 2020–2021 flu season was the mildest on record, but experts can't rule out a "twin-demic" of influenza and COVID-19 this time around.
Sep 17, 2021
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A state-of-the-art genetic biobank could hold the key to preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), potentially saving the lives of hundreds of babies who die from the devastating condition each year.
Jul 5, 2021
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Brazil, the country with the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll after the United States, also leads the Americas and the entire southern hemisphere in terms of its overall recorded death rate.
Apr 20, 2021
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Why do most viral epidemics spread cyclically in autumn and winter in the globe's temperate regions? According to an interdisciplinary team of researchers of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, the University ...
Nov 2, 2020
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October is prime time for flu vaccinations, and the U.S. and Europe are gearing up for what experts hope is high demand as countries seek to avoid a "twindemic" with COVID-19.
Oct 1, 2020
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Flu season is approaching, but some medical experts say it's possible this year's may shape up to be milder than initially feared. The unlikely reason? The coronavirus pandemic.
Sep 21, 2020
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