Health

Merck COVID pill could be the first at home treatment for the virus after cutting hospitalizations and deaths in half....

A new study on marijuana and COVID links weed use to more breakthrough infections, with cannabis users showing the highest...

New York's nursing home staffing hotline reportedly told a caller it has no staff to offer anyone, just a week...

Colorado hospital system UCHealth will not perform most transplant surgeries on unvaccinated patients under a new policy meant to protect...

Fifth-grader Teresa Sperry died of COVID-19 just five days after first showing symptoms, leaving her family grappling with a devastating...

A Louisiana family mourns their 17-year-old son who died of COVID-19, saying Hurricane Ida kept him from reaching a hospital...

The CDC holiday guidance told families to open windows and gather outdoors, then it was pulled from the site. Here...

Interim trial results show Merck's experimental oral Covid-19 drug molnupiravir lowered the risk of hospitalization and death by half. Here...

The FDA is reportedly considering authorizing a half dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot, according to the...

The CDC is urging pregnant women to get the COVID vaccine after more than 125,000 cases and 161 deaths. CDC...

Officials say fleas on rats are fueling a typhus skid row outbreak in Los Angeles, where cases have climbed into...

New Mexico officials report two ivermectin deaths among patients who took the livestock dewormer to treat COVID. One case involved...

A 22 year old Chinese man died after drinking 1.5 liters of Coca Cola in 10 minutes, with an enormous...

A Philadelphia man had his prostate removed after being told he had cancer, then learned he was misdiagnosed and never...

Scientists are testing a daily antiviral pill that could stop COVID in its early stages, and it could be released...

The CDC advisory committee voted Thursday to recommend COVID 19 booster shots for certain groups in the U.S. See who...

Thirteen international scientists want acetaminophen investigated to see whether the common painkiller affects fetal development during pregnancy.

Data shows at least 674,446 Americans have died of Covid-19, surpassing the grim toll recorded during the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Johnson and Johnson says a second dose of its Covid-19 vaccine increased effectiveness against moderate to severe disease in the...

For the first time in history Alabama saw more deaths than births last year as Covid-19 hit the state, according...