The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said it had officially recommended updated coronavirus vaccines, creating a new system to get a shot that’s slightly more complicated than in ...

Vaccine effectiveness (VE) against COVID-related hospitalization was 40% (95% confidence interval [CI], 27% to 51%) through ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The section of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website that offers guidance on COVID-19 has changed a little. The page titled "How COVID-19 Spreads" now has the ...

To help answer common vaccine questions, we consulted Dr. Stanley Perlman, a professor at the University of Iowa’s Carver ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Committee member Dr. Martin Kulldorf, speaks during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on ...

As colleges and universities are dealing with the coronavirus outbreaks on campuses, the CDC announced a new approach that could help prevent or reduce the transmission. The CDC issued their initial ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now publicly acknowledging people can be infected with the coronavirus through airborne transmission, especially in enclosed spaces with inadequate ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- After two cats became the first pets in the U.S. to test positive for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) says pet owners should take social distancing ...

U.S. health officials are endorsing "test-to-stay" policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. The Centers for Disease ...

When the coronavirus outbreak began, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed cough, shortness of breath and fever as possible symptoms for the newly-discovered virus. Now, the ...

Respiratory viruses are usually most active from October through March, health officials say.