COVID-19

By Meiling Lee Amid reports of vaccine shortages occurring around the world, a new study [pdf] suggests that people who have already had COVID-19 should get only one shot of…

By Zachary Stieber Over 1,000 people injected with a new COVID-19 vaccine have experienced an adverse event, with hundreds being taken to emergency rooms. One patient in Michigan on Dec.…

By Zachary Stieber A doctor in Boston reported this week the first adverse reaction to Moderna’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncologist at Boston Medical Center,…

By Zachary Stieber Deaths from drug overdoses are accelerating during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Overdose deaths were already increasing in the…

By Tom Ozimek The Trump administration plans to buy another 100 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The purchase agreement,…

BY LEE HARDING The prime minister’s recent announcement that Canada will get a COVID-19 vaccine later than other countries could put a dent in the public’s general approval of the Liberals’ handling…

BY TOM OZIMEK Americans should be warned about the potential side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine amid concern that people who feel unwell after the first round might be less willing to seek…

BY ANDREW CHEN The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is developing its own testing capability for COVID-19, said senior military officials in a Nov. 20 House of Commons conference. Rear-Admiral Rebecca Patterson,…

Doctors and nurses confer in the Intensive Care Unit of MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, Maryland, April 8, 2020. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) BY MEILING LEE A Minnesota doctor says he is…

By Reuters A group of 27 leading executives added to calls for Canada to ease coronavirus-led air restrictions in a letter published in the country’s Globe and Mail newspaper on Thursday. The…