(ATLANTA) -- Gay and lesbian adults are more likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 than heterosexual adults, federal officials said Thursday. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 85.4% of gay and lesbian Americans above age 18 had received at least one vaccine dose…
(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans have purchased rapid COVID-19 tests online or at local stores and signed up to receive test kits through a free government program. Unlike conventional, lab-processed PCR tests, which may detect infection earlier in the course of illness but can take days to get a…
(NEW YORK) -- Over 50,000 customers are in the dark in Texas Thursday morning as a winter storm pummels the state with snow and ice. Here are safety tips to keep in mind: Ahead of an outage, federal emergency officials advise installing carbon monoxide detectors and stocking up on batteries.…
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday relaunched the federal government's cancer "moonshot" initiative, with the goal of cutting the death rate from cancer in half over the next quarter-century. "We can end cancer as we know it," Biden said during an event at the White House. The initiative is…
(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic, children ages 5 and under are one step closer to being eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 6 months to…
(NEW YORK) -- For many parents of unvaccinated toddlers in the U.S., a return to normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic seems out of reach. Many have been forced to take time off work or change their schedules to provide care for their children due to school shutdowns. Rebecca Sanghvi, a…
(NEW YORK) -- On the cusp of the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is battling back the biggest surge of the virus yet with the omicron variant. Cases, even while receding in some places, are near record levels. And daily deaths, while lower than the peak…
(WASHINGTON) -- When retired four-star Gen. Pete Chiarelli tested positive for COVID-19, getting a treatment prescribed wasn't the problem. Filling it, and finding the therapies, was. At 71, and having already been treated for high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, though fully vaccinated, Chiarelli is at higher risk of severe…
(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Albert Lam, a geriatrician who works with nursing home patients in Palo Alto, California, was excited to be among the first to prescribe the new antiviral pill Paxlovid after one of his patients tested positive for COVID-19. Hailed as a "game-changer" in the pandemic, Paxlovid is…
(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 879,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.6% of the population in the United States…
