How big is the latest U.S. coronavirus wave? No one really knows
Americans are largely on their own to gauge risk in what could be a stealth surge. Experts say to assume infections are 5 to 10...
The lucky few to never get COVID may teach us more about it
An international study has already enrolled 700 participants and is screening more than 5,000 people who have come forward as potentially immune to infection.
New, highly transmissible forms of omicron may pose latest COVID threat
Disease trackers are monitoring the spread of new, highly transmissible versions of the omicron variant in New York state and Europe, the latest evidence of...
Biden’s ‘test to treat’ covid plan draws praise, questions
The plans is for Test to Treat spots to be set up in pharmacy-based walk-in clinics and other sites. Health experts approve, but there are...
White House unveils new plan to move America past covid crisis, says shutdowns, school closures no longer necessary
The plan is part of a broader White House strategy to convince Americans that life can return to normal amid the president's tanking approval ratings...
They relied on rapid COVID tests to gather safely; now some wish they hadn’t
The promise of at-home tests to tell people whether they are infectious has been undercut by preliminary data that suggests some of the rapid tests...
Early use of convalescent plasma reduced hospitalizations, raising hopes for treating omicron variant, scientists say
Convalescent plasma contains disease-fighting antibodies and could expand doctors’ repertoire for fighting the increasingly dominant omicron variant of the coronavirus.