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The CDC’s latest COVID guidelines are the closest the nation’s leaders have come to saying the coronavirus crisis is done.
 

Britain is the first country to approve the Moderna-made vaccine, which generated a strong immune response against both the original virus and the Omicron variant.
 

COVID-19 and monkeypox are pretty different diseases. But the parallels between the nation’s yearslong, languishing response to the coronavirus pandemic and the emerging monkeypox outbreak are many – and potentially agonizing.
 

The new guidance places an emphasis on personal responsibility and protection, in an effort to begin learning to live with the virus.
 

The CDC is relaxing some of its COVID-19 guidance now that millions of Americans have greater immunity against the virus due to vaccinations and prior infections.
 

The spread prompted many to rush for the vaccine, and others, such as universities, were urged to prepare for potential outbreaks as they brace for the academic year to begin this month. Now, concerns are rising over whether monkeypox could impact thrift stores as more people become scared of transmission.
 

No longer do schools and other institutions need to screen apparently healthy students and employees as a matter of course. The CDC is putting less emphasis on social distancing — and the new guidance has dropped the “six foot” standard.
 

Scientists discovered a new virus in eastern China that may be able to jump from animals to humans. But health experts say it isn't cause for panic.
 

One manufacturer believes it has a solution to the gun violence plaguing the United States - a personalized smart gun that uses fingerprint technology to make firearms safer.
 

As global temperatures have risen in recent decades, so have the number of outbreaks of infectious diseases. SARS, MERS, Zika, West Nile, COVID-19, and now clusters of monkeypox and polio have all recently threatened public health.
 

U.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a plan to stretch the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by giving people just one-fifth the usual dose, citing research suggesting that the reduced amount is about as effective.
 

The attack at the Jefferson Avenue Tops left several Buffalo neighborhoods without a convenient source of fresh food. It made the city a national emblem for the plight of urban "food deserts." The term generally describes the nation's thousands of low-income census tracts where an estimated 53.6 million people live outside an easy walk or drive to a full-service supermarket.