Vaccine small talk has trickled into Americans' daily conversations now that 33 percent of adults have received their first dose.
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Among 236,379 patients who had a confirmed COVID-19 infection, nearly 34 percent were diagnosed with a neurological or psychological condition within six months, according to research published April 6 in The Lancet Psychiatry.
The B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, first identified in the U.K., is now the most common strain circulating the U.S., Rachelle Walensky, MD, director of the CDC, said during an April 7 White House news briefing.
Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System has developed a rapid COVID-19 test that screens for three of the variants spreading in the U.S. all at once.
The CDC is distributing more than $3.1 billion in federal funding to help states and major cities administer COVID-19 vaccines, reports The Hill.
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Mental health issues among U.S. women increased early in the pandemic and may be driven, in part, by greater socioeconomic challenges, according to a study published April 5 in the Journal of Women's Health.
Many parents are still hesitant to have their children get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them, according to results from an Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index survey published April 6.
After months of progress, COVID-19 cases are rising in most states, according to an analysis of data from lab testing company Helix cited by The New York Times. Many experts believe the rapid spread of coronavirus variants are fueling the…
Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Politico's "Dispatch" podcast that the federal government will not mandate COVID-19 vaccine passports for businesses or events.
There are about 41 million white evangelical adults in the U.S., and about 45 percent said that they wouldn't get vaccinated, making them among the least likely demographic groups to do so, according to a late February survey by the…