As the summer surge of COVID-19 crests, many people are weighing whether they need to get booster shots now to protect against the disease (SN: 7/19/24). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ...

Having posted 60+ COVID articles since 2020, we both acknowledge our ongoing fixation on the subject as well as the effort to try to address the 5 W’s of journalism: who, what, when, where, and why.

COVID-19 is no longer a top cause of death for Americans, dropping from fourth place in 2022 to 10th place last year. The disease was listed on 49,928 death certificates in 2023 — down from 186,552 in ...

A steep drop in Covid-19 deaths helped the overall death rate in the United States fall 6% in 2023, according to provisional data published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers used provisional data on deaths to examine mortality trends that can inform public health interventions and policies. Provisional data ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. Heart disease, cancer and unintentional injuries — a category of deaths ...

As the nation gears up for the rollout of an updated COVID-19 vaccine, a new study shows the economic benefits of continued broad vaccination in adults. In fact, the country would ultimately save more ...

Covid-19 cases are seeing a slight uptick in India, with 257 active cases across the country as of May 19 according to the health ministry. This is prompted Indian authorities to monitor Covid ...