Over the past few months, the majority of the CDC Foundation's contracts for those public health workers at local and state departments have ended as the group has spent nearly all of its almost $289 million in covid relief funding.
The World Health Organization chief on Wednesday said a nearly 90% drop in recent COVID-19 deaths globally compared to nine months ago provides "cause for optimism," but still urged vigilance against the pandemic as variants continue to crop up.
People are facing years-long wait times, insufficient legal support, and a lack of clear guidance on how to prove they are disabled — compounded by the challenges of a medical system that does not have a uniform process for diagnosing long COVID.
CNN — Paxlovid, the antiviral pill that reduces the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, also reduces the risk of long COVID, according to a new study by researchers at Veterans Affairs.
Flu season has officially begun. While there are warnings about COVID and influenza causing a "twindemic" (maybe even a "tripledemic" with the respiratory virus R.S.V.), or the occasional dual infection some have dubbed "flurona," experts say nobody knows exactly what is in store.