Federal officials delivered new guidelines today asking states to expand vaccination eligibility, moving the nation closer to widespread immunity.
Author: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
Record low flu cases show how COVID-19 is more contagious and ‘less forgiving,’ experts say
Experts say that high vaccination rates combined with social distancing, mask-wearing and handwashing have played a role in preventing spread.
Testing positive for coronavirus after getting a vaccine? Here’s how likely that is and what to know if it happens
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it can take weeks for a person’s body to build up immunity after getting vaccinated.
Christmas Eve is Dr. Fauci’s 80th birthday. Here’s how he’s celebrating during the COVID pandemic.
Fauci said he skipped Thanksgiving with his three adult daughters, who live in different parts of the country, to reduce risk of transmission.
COVID-19 vaccine trials report cases of brief facial paralysis. That’s not as scary as it sounds.
A condition that could result in a droopy face may sound scary, but experts say Bell’s palsy is more common and less severe than people think.
‘Nothing too surprising there’: Pfizer COVID vaccine ingredients are pretty standard, experts say
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech was authorized Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
This group of governors represent 1 in 3 Americans. They’re putting politics aside to defeat COVID-19 across state lines.
For the first time since the COVID-19 crisis began, a bipartisan group of governors issued a comprehensive plan to defeat COVID-19 across state lines.
The US will have 40M doses of the COVID vaccine by the end of the year. How many people should get them?
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told the USA TODAY Editorial Board the first 40 million doses should be given to 40 million people, instead of 20 million.
CDC says recommended quarantine time after COVID-19 exposure may be shortened to 7 or 10 days, down from 14
Guidance until now had recommended quarantining for 14 days after exposure to a coronavirus-infected person within 6 feet for a total of 15 minutes.
COVID-19 may have been spreading in the US at least a month before first case was reported, CDC study says
Study authors came to the conclusion after the CDC found evidence of coronavirus antibodies in blood donations collected in December 2019.