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This vaccine will require two doses to work, injections that must be given weeks apart. Scientists anticipate the shots will cause enervating flu-like side effects — including sore arms, muscle aches and fever — that could last days and temporarily sideline some people from work or school.

For people who are able to get tested for COVID-19, there can be a frustratingly long wait for results — not just hours, but often days.

As the novel coronavirus snaked its way across the globe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early February distributed 200 test kits it ...

As the number of coronavirus cases grows in the U.S., we’re hearing a lot about how social distancing, self-monitoring and even quarantine play into containment ...

The AMA commends the Administration for declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency under the Stafford Act. This emergency declaration is necessary to help ensure ...

The presidential primary season is set to begin with a focus on terrorism.  But the panic and fear talk that leads the highly publicized debates have ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) — One in every five young American adults with diabetes hasn’t seen a doctor in the past 6 months, ...

THURSDAY, Nov. 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) — More than a fifth of American teens smoke or use tobacco in some way, which means that millions ...

By Jeff Donn and Garance Burke ASSOCIATED PRESS  The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources to deal with the deadly ...

By Brad Broker Should travelers returning from Ebola-stricken countries be subjected to a mandatory quarantine? New Jersey, New York and several other states say yes. ...