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AUCKLAND, New Zealand - When New Zealand reported a case of the coronavirus spreading to the community for the first time in months on August 17, residents took action. They cleared the supermarket shelves of pasta and toilet paper, dug…

In most cases, the chain of transmission ended with the infected child, but in 27.3 percent of households, children passed the virus on to at least one other resident.Updated Aug 16, 2021, 6:26 p.m. ETYoung people were most likely to bring…

A sign warning people to stay separated due to Covid-19 can be seen in Mevagissey, UK on July 29, 2021.Finnbarr Webster | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMore than a year after the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is struggling with a highly…

The agency heightened concerns about the spread of the virus in its report on Friday and even urged jurisdictions with undetectable levels of the virus to take precautionary measures. But the CDC's internal document sounded much more…

The recommendation that vaccinated people dust their masks off in some parts of the country was based, according to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is largely based on a problematic…

A health worker seen preparing the shot of Covid Vaccination to a beneficiary at a vaccination centre at Mandir Marg, on July 21, 2021 in New Delhi, India.Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty ImagesThe delta variant was first detected…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday that he believes the US is significantly under counting Covid Delta infections, making it difficult to know if the highly communicable strain is causing unexpectedly high hospital admissions and death…

Throughout the pandemic, masks were among the most controversial public health measures in the United States, symbolizing a bitter partisan divide over the role of government and individual freedoms.Now, with a new variant of the…

A mobile Covid-19 vaccination center in front of Bolton City Hall in Bolton, where the number of cases of the Delta variant identified for the first time in India was relatively high.Peter Byrne | PA pictures | Getty ImagesThe variant of…

A paramedic takes a patient to an emergency room at Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey on December 11, 2020.I have Betancur | AFP | Getty ImagesDr. Paul Offit, a doctor at Philadelphia…