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AstraZeneca PLC could skip asking the Food and Drug Administration for emergency-use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine, according to people familiar with the matter—and instead pursue...

The World Health Organization on Friday announced it granted emergency use listing to Beijing's COVID-19 vaccine, Sinopharm, marking the sixth vaccine in the world health...

Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official who first warned last February “disruption to everyday life may be severe” as...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday told reporters the U.K. was “looking carefully” at a circulating coronavirus variant first detected in India, while public...

The CEOs of vaccine-makers Pfizer and Moderna joined cardinals, academics and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith in opening a unique Vatican conference on COVID-19, other...

Health officials in Colorado have identified five cases of a coronavirus variant first discovered in India....

Countries worldwide wrestling with new coronavirus surges are trying to ensure they aren’t hit by an India-style disaster....

The European Medicines Agency says it has begun an accelerated authorization process for an experimental coronavirus treatment made by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir BioTechnology....

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, India is being crushed by a new surge of infections that is shattering global records....

A new COVID-19 vaccine study out of Israel claims the Pfizer jabs are effective against variants, according to reports....

The shot could help bolster hopes of a full-time return to in-person learning in the fall....

The shot could help bolster hopes of a full-time return to in-person learning in the fall....

A top scientific adviser to the Indian government on Wednesday warned additional coronavirus surges are “inevitable,” as hospitals plead for supplies amid record high cases...

A male patient younger than 50 is home recovering after being treated for what hospital officials suspect was a severe, rare clot event linked to...

The U.S. was projected to see "sharp declines" in weekly coronavirus cases by July across several modeling scenarios, according to a report from the Centers...

Over a quarter of new coronavirus cases in Colorado at the end of last month occurred in kids and teens through age 19....

France joined the United States on Thursday in supporting an easing of patent and other protections on COVID-19 vaccines that could help poorer countries get...

Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped sevenfold and the government denied reports that it was...

Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my period?...

An investigation is underway after seven children in Washington state were recently sickened with a toxin-producing E. coli, public health officials announced Wednesday....

Two of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine booster shots under study induced an immune response against SARS-CoV-2 and variants first identified in South Africa and Brazil, the...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to review Pfizer’s request to expand authorization for use of its COVID-19 vaccine among adolescents “as quickly...

Canada on Wednesday authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12 and over, becoming the first country to OK the vaccine for children under the...

If China granted investigators full access to resources and data allowing for a thorough investigation into the coronavirus, experts could conceivably know its true origin...

India set a record-high in daily coronavirus deaths Tuesday with data reflecting over 3,700 fatalities as experts warn the true figures are likely as much...