A third COVID-19 shot provides a strong immune boost for children ages 5 to 11, a new Pfizer-BioNTech study found.
Author: Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
Revolutionary leukemia treatment offers ‘a hopeful moment’ in fight against solid tumors
The cancer immunotherapy called CAR-T, has revolutionized the treatment of blood cancers. Doctors are now seeing signs it also may fight solid tumors.
‘Real disappointment’: Biden, health officials at odds with Congress over U.S. role in funding worldwide battle against COVID
Congress is abandoning America’s responsibility to help the world fight COVID-19, Biden administration and global health officials said Tuesday.
Federal agencies authorize second COVID-19 booster shot for Americans 50 and older
A second booster shot of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is allowed for those 50 and up. Immunocompromised can now get a fifth shot.
Reduced prostate screenings may have led to more advanced cancer, study suggests
Prostate screening has faced criticism for causing more unnecessary harm than good, but a new study shows not screening may result in advanced cancer.
As COVID rates rise in Europe and Asia, how worried should Americans be about another wave?
The U.S. is in a “messy” time of the pandemic, experts say. COVID cases are rising in Europe and Asia, but It’s not yet clear what will happen here.
Pfizer-BioNTech requests FDA authorization for fourth COVID vaccine shot for 65 and older
It’s not clear how long the Food and Drug Administration will take to review the request or whether it will convene its expert panel to review it.
Depression, anxiety may linger for bedridden COVID patients but milder infections reduce risk, study finds
The study is the first to look at large numbers of people who fell ill with COVID but not sick enough to go the hospital and to follow them over time.
Delay in COVID vaccines for kids upset parents. Experts say it was the right thing to do.
The FDA won’t have enough data until the spring to judge whether a vaccine is safe and effective for young children, experts tell USA TODAY.
Just how bad is it to be in ICU with COVID? Far more miserable than people realize, experts say
Weeks of sedation, months of rehab and perhaps years of lingering symptoms is typical for people who have ended up in an ICU because of COVID.