With at-home COVID-19 testing kits in demand, the Biden administration has announced 500 million free rapid at-home test kits to be available in January 2022.
Pfizer has released their latest findings on the efficacy of Paxlovid, an oral antiviral therapy designed to reduce hospitalizations or death from COVID-19.
The United States is experiencing a COVID-19 surge, with new cases exceeding an average of 100,000 per day. Here's what the former CDC director says we can do.
We have known from the start that the Omicron variant is likely to be very contagious, but that is about all we know with a reasonable degree of certainty.
According to recent data from Johns Hopkins University, the United States is averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, the highest level in 2 months.
While protective antibodies can be found in those previously infected with COVID-19, the CDC emphasizes that levels of natural immunity decrease over time.
With the first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant having been detected in California (via CNN), health experts now anticipate an inevitable spread in the U.S.
With the emergence of the first Omicron COVID-19 variant case in the U.S., the CDC continues to stress the importance of protection through vaccination.
Dr. Anthony Fauci told PBS NewsHour that the Omicron variant may be much more transmissible, but that current vaccines would likely offer some protection.
Where does the U.S. currently stand with vaccination rates now that we're approaching the end of 2021, and what factors may be contributing to these numbers?