These businesses are "a really important place of spreading of infection," the immunologist says. iStock Throughout the COVID pandemic, it's become increasingly clear that certain types of businesses in particular can pose a serious COVID risk: those that are indoors with poor ventilation where people tend to gather close together. And while most states have…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said Wednesday that he would bet on a coronavirus vaccine to be proven safe and effective before the end of 2020.‘‘I would still put my money on November/December,” he said, during a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute panel on global pandemics.Fauci, 79, one of the most trusted faces of the…
September 11, 2020 | 11:04am | Updated September 11, 2020 | 11:42am Although nearly 30 states are reporting downward trends in coronavirus cases, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned the nation not to let its collective guard down during the ongoing pandemic with the arrival of the flu season. “We need to hunker down and get through…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a panel on Thursday that the U.S. should be ready to “hunker down” in its fight against the coronavirus and indicated that the fall and winter will not be easy.“We’ve been through this before,” he told a panel of…
Rules on imports will apply beginning Sept. 3, 2026 Published: May 19, 2026, 12:05 am Last updated: May 19, 2026, 2:18 am Brazil has been omitted from a list of countries authorized to export food-producing animals and animal products to the European Union. Countries on the approved list have shown compliance with EU requirements on antimicrobial
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear