Covid

World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Program Executive Director Mike Ryan speaks at a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.Denis Balibouse | ReutersCovid-19 is likely "here to stay with us" as the…

Malaysia will begin treating Covid-19 as an endemic disease towards the end of October, the country's minister for international trade and industry, Mohamed Azmin Ali, said on Tuesday.Covid would be endemic if the SARS-CoV-2 virus that…

Volunteers are trained by St John Ambulance instructors in the correct use of PPE during their Covid-19 vaccine delivery course at Manchester United Football Club on January 30, 2021 in Manchester, England.Christopher Furlong | Getty…

Opening a window could cut the amount of coronavirus in a room by half, according to a new observational study of infected college students in a University of Oregon isolation dormitory.The study posted online is small and has not yet been…

The leading expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, responds to allegations made by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC,…

Zoe Tu, a seventh grader in Brooklyn, likes to celebrate her birthday with Dulce de leche Haagen-Dazs ice cream cake. This year, her 12th was no exception, but the day was also marked by a delicacy of another kind: her Covid…

People line up to test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a mobile test car on August 27, 2021 in New York City.Brendan McDermid | ReutersThe US goes into Labor Day weekend with just over four times as many Covid-19 cases and more than…

American Airlines Flight 718, the first US commercial flight of the Boeing 737 MAX since regulators lifted a 20-month primer in November, will depart Miami, Florida on December 29, 2020.Marco Bello | ReutersAmerican Airlines and Alaska…

Americans will most likely pay significantly more for Covid medical care during this new wave of cases - be it a routine coronavirus test or an extended hospital stay.At the beginning of the pandemic, most of the major health insurers…

The University of ChicagoBob Krist | Getty ImagesAccording to a study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new Covid-19 cases at the University of Chicago increased rapidly this year after students, most of…