epidemics

“The data is clear: If you are unvaccinated, you’re at risk of getting seriously ill or dying or spreading it,” Biden said from the White House.

New Jersey met its goal of fully vaccinating more than 4.7 million people two weeks early, Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday.

Covid-19 variant delta, first identified in India, is becoming the dominant variant of the disease worldwide, the WHO’s chief scientist said Friday.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned about the potential long-term effects of Covid and pointed to a new study that suggests brain tissue is being destroyed.

Federal health officials keep pushing for more Americans to get vaccinated as the delta variant accounts for a bigger share of new cases in the United States.

The U.S. is investing $3.2 billion to advance the development of antiviral pills to treat Covid-19 and other viruses that have pandemic potential.

The WHO is also tracking recent reports of a “delta plus” variant that has an additional mutation, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead.

Reports of new Covid cases have decreased in every region of the world except Africa, where weekly cases jumped 44% while fatalities rose 20%.

By the end of 2022, there should be enough Covid vaccine doses for most world leaders to successfully inoculate their populations, Pfizer’s Albert Bourla said.

New variants that are more transmissible, such as Alpha and Delta, are driving increased transmission globally, WHO officials said Monday.

With an abundance of vaccines already available in the United States, it’s possible that the government would donate the Novavax doses to other countries.

Dr. Peter Hotez explains why southern states could feel the impact of the highly transmissible delta variant of coronavirus as early as summer.

Suicide attempts surged among adolescents during the pandemic and got worse the longer social distancing orders and government lockdowns persisted, the CDC said

The number of cases of a heart inflammation condition in 16- to 24-year-olds was higher than expected after they received their second dose, the CDC said.

The company said it made the conclusion after “carefully reviewing the available safety data to date for Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine.”

After an investigation into a manufacturing plant, federal regulators decided to discard millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

A third member of a key FDA panel has resigned over the agency’s controversial decision to approve Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, CNBC has learned.

Children need to be vaccinated against Covid-19, Dr. Paul Offit, a top advisor to the FDA on children’s vaccines, told the agency Thursday.

J&J CEO Alex Gorsky reiterated Wednesday that people will likely need to receive Covid vaccine doses alongside the flu shot for the next “several years.”

“The speed at which these viruses overtake the existing viruses is amazing,” said John Nkengasong, director of Africa’s CDC.