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Empty vials of AstraZeneca-Oxford's Covishield vaccine against COVID-19 is seen on a table inside a hospital on May 2, 2021, in Bengaluru, India.

Here’s what the next 6 months of the pandemic will bring

September 14, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

For anyone hoping to see light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel over the next three to six months, scientists have some bad news: Brace for more of what...

Un cartel de la empresa de biotecnología Biogen, Inc. se ve en un edificio en Cambridge, Massachusetts, el 18 de marzo de 2017.

‘Sólo quiero una oportunidad para luchar’

April 8, 2021 at 11:22 a.m.

Lisa Stockman-Mauriello se está muriendo. Tiene una última ambición: vivir lo suficiente para ver a sus tres hijos graduarse este año, de la secundaria, la preparatoria y la universidad. Ella...

A sign for biotechnology company Biogen, Inc. is seen on a building in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Despite ‘Right to Try’ law, experimental drugs still often elude patients: ‘I just want a fighting chance’

April 7, 2021 at 11:12 a.m.

Lisa Stockman-Mauriello is dying. She has one last ambition: to live long enough to see her three sons graduate this year — from middle school, high school and college. She...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun recommending that people wear cloth masks when out in public, particularly in high-risk areas or in situations where social distancing is not possible. It's important to know how to do so in a manner that is effective, however, and this guide will help inform you on how to properly wear a face mask.

When will there be a COVID-19 cure? The body is still the best virus-killer

September 15, 2020 at 9:27 a.m.

A global push is on to develop a vaccine to slow the spread of COVID-19, and experts hope several will be ready in 2021. Yet even with one, the coronavirus...

Caring cities across the nation are finding ways to let health care professionals know that their hard work is appreciated and supported. The people of Chicago are leaving inspirational messages on sidewalks for first responders.

We will be living with the coronavirus pandemic well into 2021

June 19, 2020 at 11:58 a.m.

The virus is winning. That much is certain more than six months into a shape-shifting pandemic that's killed 450,000 people worldwide, is gaining ground globally and has disrupted lives from...

A young child wears a protective mask and is covered in plastic while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on January 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China Thursday as the country continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human.

Yes, younger people are falling seriously ill from COVID-19

March 19, 2020 at 1:14 p.m.

New evidence from Europe and the U.S. suggests that younger adults aren't as impervious to the novel coronavirus that's circulating worldwide as originally thought. Despite initial data from China that...

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