Health experts are seeing red flags in coronavirus variants that were first discovered in Brazil, New York and California. Here’s what they say.
Author: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
A side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine can mimic a sign of breast cancer. This is normal, doctors say.
Doctors recommend scheduling a mammogram before receiving a COVID-19 vaccine after some have been mistaking swollen lymph nodes for breast lumps.
Life expectancy in the US is at its lowest in 15 years, study finds; Blacks, Latinos experience worse declines
A study found life expectancy dropped to its lowest level in 15 years and even lower for Blacks and Latinos during the first half of the pandemic.
Health officials say the coronavirus will likely become endemic in the next several years. What does that mean?
Experts say there are multiple endemic diseases in the United States that could foreshadow what COVID-19 may look like in the upcoming years.
While ER visits were down last year, drug overdoses increased amid pandemic
Experts say anxiety, stress, depression and isolation induced by the COVID-19 pandemic caused many people to relapse into substance abuse.
Data suggests AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine may not protect against South African variant. What else is there to know about the new strain?
South Africa halted its rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine after data suggested it may effective against the new variant that originated there.
‘We will be a part of history’: Eager medical students are helping speed up US vaccine rollout
Medical students are expected to be an increasingly important part of vaccination efforts as the US faces a surplus of distributed, but unused, shots.
Takeaways from Biden’s COVID-19 executive orders: Experts celebrate plan, warn ‘a lot of work’ is left
Some priorities may be contingent on the passage of the president’s $1.9 trillion relief package, others can have an immediate impact.
2020 wasn’t ‘just a random bad year,’ health experts say. COVID-19 made it one of the deadliest in US history.
Preliminary numbers show 2020 is on track to become the deadliest year in U.S. history, exceeding 3.2 million. COVID-19 is to blame, experts say.
These countries are the most reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Is the US on the list?
The United States isn’t the only country in the world struggling with people who are reluctant to take the COVID-19 vaccine.