Health

Ridofranz/iStock (NEW YORK) — The Pfizer vaccine has been authorized for children ages 12 and up, widening the U.S. population that will be protected against the virus and bolstering chances for a safe return to full-time school in the fall, the Food and Drug Read More

DKMS (NEW YORK) — A group of moms from across the country celebrated Mother’s Day this year with one wish — to find the bone marrow donors who will save their daughters’ lives. “If she gets the bone marrow transplant, she’ll be a normal Read More

Everyday better to do everything you love/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden Administration announced Monday it will move to protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care. The Department of Health and Human Services said it will roll back Read More

AgFang/iStock (NEW YORK) — More than half of U.S. adults have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine, but children remain unimmunized and unprotected from potential infection. The American Academy of Pediatrics is now reporting that in some states, up to 18% of Read More

PeopleImages/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Robin Banks was hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The 27-year-old California resident felt he was young and healthy enough that the virus wouldn’t affect him. “I didn’t really know much about [the vaccine], Read More

courtneyk/iStock (MIAMI) — Variant COVID-19 infections skyrocketed following spring break in Florida and there have been more than 10,000 variant cases reported throughout the state, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported based on data from the Florida Department of Read More

simon2579/iStock (NEW YORK) — Pfizer and partner BioNtech announced they are starting the process to seek full Food and Drug Administration approval in the U.S. for their COVID-19 vaccine. Since December, their vaccine has been distributed in the U.S. under an Read More

iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — A distinguished New Jersey doctor considered a “giant in the field of infectious diseases” has died of COVID-19. Dr. Rajendra Kapila was a professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and was a founding member of the New Read More

Ridofranz/iStock (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for teens and even younger children appears to be on the horizon. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may grant emergency use authorization to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for teens and Read More

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStock (NEW YORK) — Hispanic people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates, and a new study suggests that workplace exposure and the overrepresentation of Hispanics on the front lines of the labor force have contributed to Read More