Well after the United States government declared the pandemic emergency over, COVID-19 continued to cause about the same number of monthly work absences year-round as occurred during peak influenza ...

The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients – revving up their immune systems to help fight tumors. People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were ...

Looking to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster for yourself or your child this fall? It may be a bit more complicated than just making an appointment. In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Deaths from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and sepsis spiked in the US during the COVID pandemic, and subsequently declined, according to new data presented at the American College of ...

Before COVID reared its head, it took Katie Hampton around two hours to get to her company’s Cambridge office from her home in Ayer. She recalled making the trip four times a week — a commuter rail ...

As has been the case each year since 2022, updated COVID-19 vaccines were released leading into the fall season, and the shots should be broadly available to people age 6 months and up. For the first ...

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then. But vast ...

The deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which lasted for several years, drastically changed the world, affecting nearly every part of a person’s daily life. Millions of people lost their lives, economies slowed ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- One of the lingering effects of the pandemic has been the outdoor parklets. Most were quickly built to allow customers to safely sit outside while providing a lifeline to small ...