Health

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday about the dangers of the “Benadryl Challenge,” a rumored TikTok stunt that involves ingesting high doses of the allergy medication to induce hallucinations, NBC News reports.

The flu and COVID-19 have such similar symptoms, you may need to get tested to know which type of virus is making you miserable.

As pharmaceutical companies race to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, many people are wary of a shot that is working its way through the approval process at record speed during a highly politicized pandemic, NBC News reports. While some professions could require employees to get the vaccine, experts say schools almost certainly will require students ...

What does Halloween look like during a pandemic?

Companies are struggling to recruit diverse volunteers in final U.S. tests of possible COVID-19 vaccines

The number of Americans considered obese has topped 42-percent, and that puts millions at risk for COVID-19 complications.

Moderna should have enough data from its late-stage trial to know whether its coronavirus vaccine works in November, CEO Stephane Bancel said Thursday.  The company could have enough data by October, but that’s unlikely, Bancel said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “If the infection rate in the country were to slow do...

A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. kids and young adults shows the toll mirrors what’s been seen in older patients.

Oxford University says trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will resume, days after being paused due to a reported side-effect in a patient in the U.K.

A new poll has found that the coronavirus pandemic has taken a harsh toll on the mental health of young adults in the United States

Dining out raises the risk of contracting COVID-19 more than other activities, such as shopping or going to a salon, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings come as many states consider the safest ways to reopen businesses, especially restaurants. On Wednesday, for example, New Y...

A drugmaker says it halted a coronavirus vaccine study because a woman who received the experimental shot developed severe neurological symptoms

Now that face masks are a daily accessory for millions of Americans during the epidemic, it has raised another set of issues. Just how dirty is your mask, and can bacteria on it make you sick? NBC News investigative and consumer correspondent Vicky Nguyen aimed to find out by having the face masks worn by Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Craig......