One out of every 500 U.S. residents has lost their lives to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic last year, statistics show. COVID has killed more than 664,500 people in the United States as of Wednesday,...

During the next few weeks or months, you might find yourself dropping by the doctor’s office or pharmacy to get your annual flu shot along with a dose of COVID vaccine. Unfortunately, you’ll have to get two...

Getting prior authorizations to see a specialist, dealing with errors on medical bills and even scheduling appointments can be a big hassle. That’s clear to anyone who has spent time on the phone handling issues with insurance...

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — From the start, Norma Cavazos was surrounded by friends and family who were vaccine skeptics: “No one was going to take it, including myself. That was something that...

It’s hard to resist those big, pleading eyes in the pet store window. But buyer beware. Pet store puppies may infect people with a bacteria for which no common antibiotic treatment exists, a new study warns. Campylobacter...

Many parents hoping for COVID-19 vaccines for their children younger than 12 may get their wish this fall, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. The vaccines could be authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this fall...

In Africa, only 4% of people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Leaders had once hoped to have 60% of people living on the continent vaccinated this year. That now appears unlikely. The World Health Organization (WHO)...

Jeff Bridges has had a rough year. Almost a year ago, the actor was diagnosed with lymphoma. Then in January, he was exposed to the COVID-19 virus while receiving chemotherapy. “Covid kicked my (expletive) pretty good,” Bridges...

The heart rates of people sync up when listening to a story, a new study finds. “There’s a lot of literature demonstrating that people synchronize their physiology with each other. But the premise is that somehow you’re...

Patients with B-cell blood cancers who did not make antibodies to COVID-19 after two shots of vaccine may find that a third shot does the trick, new research finds. More than half the patients who had failed...