Report: Future Pandemics Could Be Deadlier and More Disruptive Than COVID ...

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An internal FDA memo released by a Senate investigative panel found no pediatric deaths definitively linked to COVID-19 vaccines, with the majority of deaths reviewed having plausible alternative ...

While the pandemic may be over, its enduring effects are being felt by millions. While most people who test positive for ...

An FDA advisory panel is considering updating the 2026-2027 COVID vaccine. The updated vaccine would target the XFG ...

A significant percentage of 1,500 Latino patients in Washington state who had been diagnosed with COVID reported in a survey that they had experienced long COVID symptoms, according to a UW Medicine ...

Report: Children Worse Off in Most States Since COVID ...

Long COVID and menstruation may have a bidirectional relationship. Abnormal uterine bleeding, but not impaired ovarian function, was linked to long COVID. COVID infection and vaccination have a known ...

Children’s wellbeing in the U.S. declined between 2019 and 2024, with children in 29 states faring worse than before the ...

Black adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges with their physical health – rather than their mental health – when asked to describe their long-COVID symptoms. That is one key finding from ...

Higher than expected long COVID rates found in survey of Latinos in WA state. Higher COVID infection, hospitalization and death rates reported among Hispanic residents. Of concern was the demographic ...