Over 2.2 million genomic sequences of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been generated since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As of June...

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Over the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 has been a less serious illness for children...

LIMA/BEIJING (Reuters) – A two-dose COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm was 50.4% effective in preventing infections in health workers in Peru when it was seeing a surge in cases fuelled...

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo(Reuters) – The United States has administered 356,433,665...

PARIS (Reuters) – Vandals have attacked more than 20 vaccination centres and other health facilities, daubing some with Nazi-themed slogans, as the French government steps up its COVID-19 vaccination...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and many hospitals are again facing surges of patients who need intensive care, healthcare workers are expressing frustration and pain in social media posts. “People...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Most people who received a third dose of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine felt similar or fewer side effects than they did after receiving the second shot, according to an...

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to stop paying superintendents and school board members...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two widely used SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests can reliably be used to test close contacts for infectiousness from the fifth day after infection, even when have not yet...

FILE PHOTO: Vial labelled “Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine” placed on displayed Moderna logo is seen in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationZURICH...