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Long COVID: How researchers are zeroing in on the self-targeted immune attacks that may lurk behind it

Will omicron-specific booster shots be more effective at combating COVID-19? 5 questions answered

COVID-19 booster shot

COVID-19 booster shots that protect against omicron authorized by FDA

COVID Boosters Omicron

Paxlovid provides no benefits to younger adults with COVID-19, study finds

Paxlovid Efficacy COVID-19

Paxlovid sometimes causes a metallic aftertaste, but there are remedies for it

Paxlovid mouth

Novavax asks FDA to authorize its COVID-19 booster shot

Novavax COVID-19 booster

After the omicron surge, Americans increasingly resumed pre-pandemic lifestyles, Penn survey shows

Four out of 10 Americans surveyed revealed they are living pre-COVID lives again

How the omicron subvariant BA.5 became a master of disguise – and what it means for the current COVID-19 surge

COVID Omicron BA.5

Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID's next wave

COVID-19 Booster dose

Nasal COVID-19 vaccines may be better at preventing infections, experts say

COVID nasal vaccines

The COVID-19 pandemic reversed progress in combating superbugs

COVID-19 Superbugs MRSA

Experimental cancer drug shows promise in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 Treatment Sabizabulin

Women are more likely to get long COVID than men, research shows

Long COVID research

Is the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine better for young children? It's hard to say

COVID-19 vaccines young children

Ivermectin is not effective against COVID-19, another study finds

Ivermectin COVID-19 treatment

Moderna's updated COVID-19 booster offers better protection against omicron, company says

Moderna COVID-19 Omicron

Free COVID-19 tests are available for weddings and other events in Philly

Philly free COVID-19 tests

Novavax missed its global moonshot but is angling to win over mRNA defectors

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Monkeypox 'very unlikely' to cause a COVID-like outbreak, scientists say

Monkeypox

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in young children, data shows

052322 Pfizer Young Children

Enrollment in New Jersey's public schools dropped by 18,000 students since start of COVID-19 pandemic

New Jersey public school mask

How better ventilation can help 'COVID-proof' your home

COVID-19 Indoor ventilation

COVID-19 cases are spiking, but Philly isn't reinstating a mask mandate

COVID Spike Philly

Philly schools to bring back COVID-19 mask mandate, citing spike in cases

Philly Schools Mask Mandate

One million Americans have died of COVID-19; vaccines could have saved one-third of them

COVID-19 Vaccine Study

Children ages 5-11 now eligible for COVID-19 booster dose, FDA says

COVID booster children

Why won't more older Americans get their COVID-19 booster shots?

Senior covid booster

New lawsuits over New Jersey nursing home COVID-19 deaths claim 'state-created danger'

Gov. Murphy covid nursing homes

What is Paxlovid and how will it help the fight against coronavirus?

What is Paxlovid COVID-19

Should you wear a mask on a plane, bus or train when there’s no mandate? Here is information to help you decide

Girl with mask in airport

SEPTA passengers no longer required to wear masks

SEPTA COVID-19 mask mandate

Philly's COVID-19 indoor mask requirement returns as lawsuit aims to stop mandate

Philly COVID-19 mask mandate lawsuit

Do you need a second booster shot? An epidemiologist scoured the latest research and has some answers

Second COVID-19 Booster

Heart complications more likely after COVID-19 infection than vaccination, CDC says

Cardiac complications COVID-19

Philly to reinstate COVID-19 indoor mask requirement

Philly Mask Precautions Return

Scientists still have more questions than answers about long COVID

Long COVID-19 research

Philly residents urged to mask up indoors amid uptick in COVID-19 cases

Philadelphia COVID-19 masks

Returning to pre-pandemic life comes at a cost. Public officials must determine whether to pay it

Lifting COVID-19 restrictions

Tomorrow's COVID safety guidelines will be different from today's – but that doesn't mean yesterday's were wrong

COVID-19 Mask Requirement

For people who had COVID-19, it only takes one vaccine dose to spur immune response, Temple study finds

COVID-19 vaccine antibody

FDA authorizes second COVID-19 booster shots for older adults

Second COVID-19 booster

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is effective in young children

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer CEO pushes yearly shots for COVID-19. Not so fast, experts say

Pfizer CEO Vaccines

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