The COVID-19 risk for vaccinated people is roughly equal to ‘riding in a vehicle,’ recent data suggest
Vaccination Theo Rouby/AFP/Getty Images The odds of a vaccinated person getting sick with COVID-19 have changed since the more transmissible…
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The U.S. will reportedly approve booster shots for all 3 COVID-19 vaccines at 6 months, not 8
Kamala Harris in Vietnam Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP/Getty Images U.S. officials said last week that adults vaccinated with the Pfizer and Moderna…
People with both COVID-19 shots are fully vaccinated without booster, surgeon general says
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Wednesday that people who received two Moderna or Pfizer shots are considered fully vaccinated against…
Paul keeps up complaints over handling of COVID-19 pandemic
GREENSBURG, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul complained bitterly Tuesday about the government’s COVID-19 response but did not single…
Biden to miss two major COVID-19 goals
The Biden administration is expected to fall short in meeting two major coronavirus commitments — hitting a 70 percent vaccination…
COVID-19 cases hit their lowest point in the U.S. since the pandemic began
Data: The COVID Tracking Project, CSSE Johns Hopkins University, state health departments; Map: Andrew Witherspoon, Michelle McGhee/Axios The U.S. has…
Rep. Adam Schiff says it is ‘critical’ for US to finish probe of COVID-19 origins to avoid ‘any premature or politically-motivated conclusions’
Rep. Adam Schiff chairs the House intelligence committee. Saul Loeb/Getty Images Rep. Adam Schiff said it is “critical” to allow…
3 Wuhan lab workers were sick enough to be hospitalized in November 2019, triggering calls to reconsider theory that COVID-19 originated in a lab: WSJ
The P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province, April 17, 2020. HECTOR…
Moderna booster could be effective against COVID-19 variants
Clinical trials showed that getting a Moderna booster shot could be effective against some COVID-19 variants that have experts concerned,…
Blinken blasts China for COVID-19 response, Uighurs treatment
Secretary of State Antony Blinken slammed China for its lack of transparency in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic…