NEW YORK (WABC) -- With the push to get more people boosted and with COVID cases continuing to decline, there could soon be some different guidance when it comes to wearing masks across the country.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now separately tracking several new COVID-19 variants, the agency announced Friday, adding more Omicron descendants to an increasingly complex list of ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strengthened recommendations for booster doses of coronavirus vaccine Monday, saying all adults should get boosted six months after the second dose of ...

COVID-19 severity appears to be declining among hospitalized children as the Omicron variant continues to evolve.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Amid concerns about the rapidly spreading omicron variant, Dr. Anthony Fauci is reminding Americans that we already have the tool to fight the spread. "Our booster vaccine regiments ...

In March, the White House reached out to about a dozen Covid-19 experts who are closely following the evolution of the coronavirus to ask a simple question: What did they think were the chances of the ...

One of the new COVID-19 vaccines that could come out as soon as next week appears to provide strong protection against the latest upstart subvariant, experts say — a reassuring sign as manufacturers ...

Use of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine that targets the Omicron strain was associated with significantly fewer emergency department/urgent care (ED/UC) visits than no vaccination, especially in older ...

A panel of expert advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that the COVID-19 vaccine be updated to target emerging subvariants of omicron. The COVID shot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sept. 2024 photo of Breiona Lang LVN receiving a COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Breiona Lang. left, at a Kaiser Permanente clinic in ...

Long after the acute infection fades, pieces of the virus behind COVID-19 can linger in the body and quietly sabotage the immune system. Instead of harmless debris, new research suggests these ...

The dominant variant of the coronavirus has proved to be not only staggeringly infectious, but an evolutionary marvel. By Carl Zimmer By November 2021, nearly two years after the coronavirus emerged ...