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"You can just wake up in a hospital and then later find out you owe them $150,000," Phil Gaimon said.

Pfizer's vaccine initially protects people 100% of the time against hospitalization, but that falls to low 90% and mid-to-high 80% after 6 months, Bourla said.

Pfizer shared limited data suggesting that a third dose of its original COVID-19 vaccine may "strongly" boost protection against the delta variant.

The quality of the mask does matter. So if you can get your hands on a KN95 or N95 mask, that’s going to afford you a lot more protection." The agency also warns that about 60% of KN95 masks in the U.S. are counterfeit, and do not meet National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Health officials possess evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in several facilities. The "superbug" outbreaks have been reported at a nursing home in the nation's capital and in two Texas hospitals, the Centers for Disease Control and P

People infected with COVID-19 continue to produce antibodies against the virus for up to nine months, whether or not they experienced symptoms, a study published Monday by Nature Communications found.

Vaccinations in the country have slowed to a trickle, and the gap between the most and least vaccinated counties continues to widen. That's left...

Health experts find the COVID-19 vaccine is much needed now.

The VAERS website released its weekly numbers on Friday. There are now 11,140 reported deaths from the COVID vaccine in the United States. This is up from 9,125 reported deaths from the COVID-19 vaccinations total from last week. The number of deaths link

Australia went more than six months with almost no covid-19 cases and zero deaths, but is now battling an outbreak of the delta variant amid low vaccination rates

U. S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address a "serious public thr

The head of the World Health Organization has acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak.

Developing new allergies, suicidality and seizures were flagged as symptoms of long Covid not commonly discussed alongside the more common "Covid toes," fatigue and sore throat.

The United States saw more than 93,000 Americans die of drug overdoses in 2020, the most in the nation's history.

It could, if it actually had the vast public health powers that the Biden administration claims it does.

One day after Dr. Anthony Fauci called for vaccine mandates on the local level, the White House is stating that it will support municipalities who choose to enact them. The post Jen Psaki Announces Biden Will Support Local Vaccine Mandates first appeared

The White House said Monday that Dr. Anthony Fauci's belief there should be more "local" mandates to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates does not mean the federal government will try to impose rules. But it will support local officials who dec

White House officials say the vast majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are among those who are not vaccinated.

The FDA is expected to announce a new warning for the J&J vaccine, saying the shot has been linked to a serious but rare autoimmune disorder.

Researchers have developed a sensor that can be implanted anywhere in the body, for example under the tip of a severed finger; the sensor connects to another nerve that functions properly and restores tactile sensation to the injured nerve.This unique dev