Covid

Here’s what you need to know:Construction workers set up tents outside of Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in Houston on Aug. 9. Hospital officials plan to use the tents to handle an overflow of Covid patients as cases surge in…

Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on July 28, 2021.Jaber Abdulkhaleg | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization is calling for $ 7.7 billion, which officials say is badly needed…

Nurses watch a computer screen in Bogota, Colombia on February 18, 2021.JUAN BARRETO | AFP | Getty ImagesLONDON - People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are highly protected from serious infection, hospitalization and death from the…

Medical staff are working on the sixth round of the Covid-19 test since the end of July in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Sunday, August 8, 2021.Feature China | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesChina has tightened Covid-19…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday that the current spike in Covid infections caused by the more contagious Delta variant could be the “last wave” of the virus in the United States."I don't think Covid will be epidemic all through the…

In class, Messiah, an honorary student, said, "my mind would kind of feel like it was going somewhere else." During an appointment in June at Children's National that the Times watched, Dr. Abigail Bosk, a rheumatologist, said his fatigue…

"That doesn't necessarily surprise us," says Dr. Maria Carney, geriatrician and author of the Northwell study. “Older adults don't always present themselves like other adults. You mustn't get a fever. Your metabolism is different. "For…

Idaho Governor Brad Little on Friday urged state residents to get vaccinated against Covid, citing concerns about the Delta variant and its potential to stifle economic progress."We're just asking everyone to get vaccinated," Little said on…

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 26, 2021.Stefani Reynolds | Pool | ReutersFederal health officials…

Illinois Governor JB PritzkerBrian Cassella | Chicago Tribune | Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced at a press conference Wednesday a mask mandate for all state students regardless of their…