Yearly Archives: 2021

More than a year after the vaccines were rolled out, new COVID-19 cases in the US have soared to a record 265,000 per day on average. a surge largely driven…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said that people who test positive for COVID-19 but have no symptoms should isolate for five days, down from the the…

Italy, Greece, and other European nations began vaccinating children ages 5-11 against COVID-19 Wednesday as EU governments braced for the new omicron variant with large gatherings and travel this holiday…

The US death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a number once unimaginable. Made further tragic, over 200,000 of those deaths came after the vaccines were widely available. Compiled…

Pfizer asked US regulators to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older Tuesday. Older Americans and other groups especially vulnerable to the virus have had access…

Pfizer said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID--19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults. Most COVID-19 treatments currently require an IV or…

Britain granted conditional authorization on Thursday to the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19 as of now. Britain is also the first country to OK the treatment from drugmaker…

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. The move will make shots available to 28 million…

Federal regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children, causing no unexpected safety issues. The Food…

Ukraine's coronavirus infections and deaths have reached all-time highs for a second straight day Friday, in a growing challenge for one of Europe's least vaccinated countries. Health authorities in Ukraine…