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In most places, elderly people are pitted against one another, competing on an unstable technological playing field for limited shots.

Public health authorities are relying on community health workers to be a bridge to communities that have been hardest hit by COVID-19.

Many U.S. states aren’t rigorously tracking or investigating suspected cases of coronavirus reinfection.

More contagious variants add to the struggle agencies already face to trace contacts, communicate with the public and vaccinate residents.

The question of how and when to get kids back into classrooms often depends less on science than politics.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a complicated disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that lasts for at least six months.

Dining that is truly outdoors, with no temporary shelter at all, is much safer, according to an air quality expert.

Biden has ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to step up enforcement and explore issuing emergency rules.

Health experts explain five reasons Americans should hold on to their masks.

Every site involved in wider community rollout must be able to recognize problems and have the training and equipment to respond swiftly.

Estimates show that more than 300,000 people died of COVID-19 in 2020.

There are already signs that distribution of the COVID vaccines will be messy, confusing and chaotic.

Those with a history of allergy to food or medication should be able to safely receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

At least 2,900 health workers have died since the pandemic began. Many were minorities with the highest levels of patient contact.

While 87% of Democrats said they always wear a mask out of the house, 71% of independents and 55% of Republicans said the same.

Requiring sobriety prior to treatment and curtailing harm reduction hinder efforts to eliminate hep C.