Medical students are expected to be an increasingly important part of vaccination efforts as the US faces a surplus of distributed, but unused, shots.
Author: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
Takeaways from Biden’s COVID-19 executive orders: Experts celebrate plan, warn ‘a lot of work’ is left
Some priorities may be contingent on the passage of the president’s $1.9 trillion relief package, others can have an immediate impact.
2020 wasn’t ‘just a random bad year,’ health experts say. COVID-19 made it one of the deadliest in US history.
Preliminary numbers show 2020 is on track to become the deadliest year in U.S. history, exceeding 3.2 million. COVID-19 is to blame, experts say.
These countries are the most reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Is the US on the list?
The United States isn’t the only country in the world struggling with people who are reluctant to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
Record low flu cases show how COVID-19 is more contagious and ‘less forgiving,’ experts say
Experts say that high vaccination rates combined with social distancing, mask-wearing and handwashing have played a role in preventing spread.
Testing positive for coronavirus after getting a vaccine? Here’s how likely that is and what to know if it happens
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it can take weeks for a person’s body to build up immunity after getting vaccinated.
‘It’s going to be a long road’: His father developed the polio vaccine. This is what he thinks about COVID-19.
Dr. Peter Salk was one of the first children to receive his father’s vaccine in 1953. Here’s what he thinks could happen with the COVID-19 vaccines.
Christmas Eve is Dr. Fauci’s 80th birthday. Here’s how he’s celebrating during the COVID pandemic.
Fauci said he skipped Thanksgiving with his three adult daughters, who live in different parts of the country, to reduce risk of transmission.
COVID-19 vaccine trials report cases of brief facial paralysis. That’s not as scary as it sounds.
A condition that could result in a droopy face may sound scary, but experts say Bell’s palsy is more common and less severe than people think.
How safe is your hospital? These states rank best and worst for care.
The report assigns letter grades “A” through “F” based on how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections.