Will the virus SARS-CoV-2 become endemic like the flu, or can it be eliminated with vaccine-induced herd immunity? Herd immunity is when a large part of the population is immune to a specific disease. If enough people are resistant to the cause of a disease, such ...
When will I get my COVID-19 test results? In theory, it takes only a few hours for a lab to determine if you've acquired the coronavirus. But depending on where you live, it can take up to a week or more to get your results back. It also depends on how many ...
The Health Department said Monday that Mississippi, with a population of about 3 million, has had at least 72,412 reported cases and at least 2,095 deaths from COVID-19 as of Sunday evening. That’s an increase of 276 confirmed cases and 11 deaths from numbers reported the d...
Then in 2022, former CDC Director under Donald Trump, Robert Redfield, announced that there was a new “pandemic” coming which had yet to happen, and that he said would be far worse than COVID, proving once again that all these “pandemics...
The homemoleculartests delivered by that program – Pfizer's Lucira test for COVID-19 and flu – are more sensitive than other kinds of at-home rapid antigen tests that had been shipped from the USPS orders. That program is set to wind down in mid-April, a spokesperson for the NIH's ...
Medicare covers some ambulance rides to the ER, but not every trip is eligible for coverage. Here's what to know. Claire WoltersJan. 28, 2025 Stomach Bugs Learn the differences between norovirus, rotavirus, stomach flu and COVID and the best ways to treat each one. Lisa Esposito and Ela...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a major change in the way COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are given that Northeastern experts say would streamline the process for the public and for suppliers.
“We certainly are treating COVID just like we would treat flu or hand, foot and mouth” disease, said Colagrosso, CEO of A Place To Grow Children’s Center in Oak Hill. As for kids without symptoms who test positive for COVID? Most parents have stop...
One of the cats was tested after it showed mild respiratory signs, although its owners were not confirmed to have Covid-19. The virus may have been transmitted to this cat by mildly ill or asymptomatic household members or through contact with an infected person outside its home, the CDC ...
"We certainly are treating COVID just like we would treat flu or hand, foot and mouth" disease, said Colagrosso, CEO of A Place To Grow Children's Center in Oak Hill. As for kids without symptoms who test positive for COVID? Most parents have stopped testing kids unless they have symp...