Under the new plan, some long COVID sufferers may qualify for disability rights. It also focuses on research, services and insurance coverage.
Author: Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
Why do some people seem unable to catch COVID? Scientists are looking for answers.
Scientists are studying people intentionally exposed to the virus that causes COVID and those who don’t get sick to find out why some avoid infection.
Federal agencies authorize second COVID-19 booster shot for Americans 50 and older
A second booster shot of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is allowed for those 50 and up. Immunocompromised can now get a fifth shot.
As COVID rates rise in Europe and Asia, how worried should Americans be about another wave?
The U.S. is in a “messy” time of the pandemic, experts say. COVID cases are rising in Europe and Asia, but It’s not yet clear what will happen here.
Pfizer-BioNTech requests FDA authorization for fourth COVID vaccine shot for 65 and older
It’s not clear how long the Food and Drug Administration will take to review the request or whether it will convene its expert panel to review it.
Depression, anxiety may linger for bedridden COVID patients but milder infections reduce risk, study finds
The study is the first to look at large numbers of people who fell ill with COVID but not sick enough to go the hospital and to follow them over time.
Delay in COVID vaccines for kids upset parents. Experts say it was the right thing to do.
The FDA won’t have enough data until the spring to judge whether a vaccine is safe and effective for young children, experts tell USA TODAY.
Just how bad is it to be in ICU with COVID? Far more miserable than people realize, experts say
Weeks of sedation, months of rehab and perhaps years of lingering symptoms is typical for people who have ended up in an ICU because of COVID.
Two patients declared ‘cured’ of leukemia, a decade after innovative treatment that has transformed blood cancer care
Others stop short of using the word “cure” for the once-experimental therapy that triggers the patient’s own immune system to fight cancer.
Omicron’s new variant cousin, BA.2, has arrived in the US. But don’t panic yet, experts say.
Cases of omicron BA.2 have been reported in at least four states – California, New Mexico, Texas and Washington – and on three other continents.