Health

JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A real-world study of South African health care workers found that two doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine offer 85% protection against hospitalization from the omicron variant. Separately, the company announced new data from a laboratory study that shows its vaccine likely also works well […]

iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — Amid a record-breaking surge, the U.S. is now averaging more COVID-19 cases per day than at any other point in the pandemic, according to new data updated on Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Federal data shows the nation is now reporting an average of more than 277,000 […]

iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — A new study suggests immunocompromised Americans people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are more likely to have breakthrough infections than people without weakened immune systems, but found full vaccination still adds more protection than being partially vaccinated. Researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of […]

MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new trend on TikTok could lead some teens to believe they have a serious mental disorder, according to some experts. The app, which has become a community for users to connect and for teens to show off dance moves and share other fun videos, has recently […]

iStock/narvikk (NEW YORK) — Amidst growing pressure as COVID-19 cases surge across the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now announced that it will shorten the recommended isolation time for asymptomatic people who test positive for COVID-19, and update guidance for people who have been exposed to the virus. “The […]

Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the “extraordinarily contagious” omicron variant surges across the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that COVID-19 cases will likely continue to climb. “Every day it goes up and up. The last weekly average was about 150,000 and it likely will go much higher,” Fauci told […]

Newsday LLC/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For weeks now, as public health experts have warned about the COVID-19 omicron variant and its incredible ability to infect people, they’ve followed the bad news with good: booster shots available to every adult in the U.S. drive protection against omicron back up. One of a few glimmers of scientific […]

Ina Fassbender/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has been a major challenge for schools. From shutting down in March 2020 to reopening and trying to stay open, the task has been varied and in some cases monumental. This school year — the third since the pandemic began — has presented its own promise and challenges, […]

Fabrice Coffrino/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization is investigating a mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed dozens of people. So far, 97 people have died of the unknown disease in Fangak, Jonglei State, in the northern part of the country. Fangak County Commissioner Biel Boutros Biel told ABC News on […]

SOPA Images/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized Merck’s COVID-19 pill for certain adults. The authorization is limited to adults who have a high risk of severe illness and for whom alternative FDA-authorized treatment options are not accessible or medically appropriate. This is the second COVID-19 treatment in pill form after Pfizer’s […]