House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been criticized by Republicans after recently visiting a salon in San Francisco.
Coronavirus could create a new population of insomniacs, experts say, along with risks around productivity, hypertension and depression.
A governor’s party affiliation plays a more significant role in the timing and extent of mask rules than the number of coronavirus infections and covid-19 deaths in a state, researchers say.
The Washington Post has catalogued questions about the novel coronavirus and provided a guide to help you find the answers.
We are tracking 200 experimental vaccines aimed at ending the pandemic, a scientific quest moving at record-breaking speed.
Speeding the process could save thousands of lives, but some say it might also make it easier for the White House to push regulators to clear an unproven vaccine before Election Day.
New studies confirm British findings and replicate them with multiple steroids.
The case, involving a biker in his 60s, is one of at least 260 infections traced back to the South Dakota event last month where many declined to wear masks.
It is one of many weaknesses that left the United States ill-prepared for a pandemic.
In theory, as the number of survivors with immunity increases to a certain level, the virus’s spread would slow and eventually stop. The only problem: A whole lot of people would die before that point.
Factores como la densidad de la muchedumbre, la ventilación, el cubrebocas y si la gente está en silencio, hablando, gritando o cantando deben ser considerados en la evaluación de la distancia.
“All the things that make rural America more vulnerable to any kind of disturbance of the equilibrium are magnified tenfold when you’re thinking about covid-19,” said Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Demoralized FDA staff say a misleading announcement on convalescent plasma undermined scientists’ credibility and turned the agency into a prop in the president’s reelection campaign.
As the school year begins, the debate persists on making tests cheaper, faster and more accessible.
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These nine tips will help them, their fellow classmates and others stay healthy this school semester.
A second official, a longtime communications consultant, said his contract has been terminated as well.
Hurricane Laura swept through the hub of the U.S. oil and gas industry, setting fire to a manufacturer of chlorine and other highly dangerous chemicals used in swimming pools.
The test will provide results in 15 minutes, according to manufacturer Abbott Laboratories.
Moderna and Pfizer are halfway to signing up the 30,000 participants they need for the final stage of testing. But only about a fifth are Black or Hispanic.
Factors such as crowd density, ventilation, face masks and whether people are silent, speaking, shouting or singing should all be considered.
