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In light of new evidence that vaccinated people with breakthrough infections can carry as much coronavirus as unvaccinated people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged people in high-transmission areas to wear masks in…

Despite the furious variation that led to the CDC's recent recommendation that all Americans, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in most parts of the country, some still feel uncomfortable with the demand for evidence.…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday that he expected the coronavirus to become an endemic virus in the US and other western countries after the recent surge in Delta variant infections settled."We are going from a pandemic to a more…

Two years ago a sneeze or cough would not have been a cause for concern, but now even the mildest symptoms can make us wonder, "Do I have Covid?"At the beginning of the pandemic, we learned about the typical signs of infection, which can…

In some rare cases, breakthrough infections may lead to persistent symptoms.“Long Covid” is a poorly understood set of symptoms that can plague people for several months after an active infection has ended. While those symptoms eventually…

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…

In the past few weeks, the vast majority of the most highly engaged social media posts containing coronavirus misinformation were from people who had risen to prominence by questioning the vaccines in the past year.In July, the right-wing…

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…

What is clear is that a confluence of factors — including Delta’s contagiousness and the fact that people under 12 are not yet eligible to be vaccinated — is sending more children to the hospital, especially in areas of the country where…

The pandemic is not going to end anytime soon - with only a small portion of the world's population vaccinated against Covid-19, a well-known epidemiologist told CNBC.Dr. Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist who was part of the World Health…