A team of "virus hunters" at Abbott Labs is working with health officials worldwide to monitor for new coronavirus variants, reports CNBC.
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Florida's health department has reported two cases of P.2., a mutation of the more transmissible P.1. coronavirus variant that first emerged in Brazil, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.
With the possibility of COVID-19 vaccines soon becoming available to young children, some pediatricians are worried about how they'll balance getting children scheduled for the shot with the backlog of children who fell behind on other routine vaccines during earlier…
States and cities are getting creative with incentives for residents to take the COVID-19 vaccine, including lottery tickets and free crawfish.
As U.S. COVID-19 cases drop and vaccinations continue to climb, with 46 percent of the population partially vaccinated as of May 10, many states have eased pandemic restrictions.
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The U.S. reported 36,231 new COVID-19 cases May 10 — the third consecutive day this tally was under 40,000, reports The Wall Street Journal.
A more transmissible COVID-19 variant that first emerged in India, known as B.1.617, is now a global "variant of concern," the World Health Organization said during a May 10 news conference.
During the first full week in May, COVID-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. rose by more than 10 percent compared to the previous week, White House COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt announced via Twitter May 9.
The U.S. could soon see further relaxed social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines from the CDC, according to health officials.
The CDC changed how it tracks breakthrough COVID-19 cases among fully vaccinated Americans this month, spurring concerns from scientists about the potential for inadequate data, reports Bloomberg.