coronavirus

The COVID vaccine lowers the risk of long COVID in adults by almost 30%, according to a review of a dozen studies.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pulling back $11.4 billion in funds allocated to state and community health departments, nongovernment organizations and international recipients in response to the pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday.

Raj Mathai speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong from UCSF as they look back at the COVID stay-at-home orders five years later.

The government’s free at-home COVID-19 test distribution program is no longer accepting orders, its website says. Here’s how to get tests in the meantime.

The Pentagon says the military services must again ask troops who were forced out or who voluntarily left the military due to the COVID vaccine whether they want to reenlist.

The agency said it has “low confidence” in its judgment and that it would continue evaluating new intelligence reporting.

Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.

A new study suggests a potential link between COVID-19 and developmental problems in babies. Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert, provides her perspective.

Health officials have raised concerns about the possibility of a “silent” surge of COVID-19 this winter.

This year’s winter COVID-19 wave is off to a late start, and experts expect cases to keep rising. Here’s what to know.

Starting Friday, workers and visitors at health care facilities in parts of the Bay Area will be required to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID and other infectious diseases.

Starting Friday, workers and visitors at health care facilities in parts of the Bay Area will be required to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID and other infectious diseases.

The pharmaceutical executive who was once New York City’s Covid czar was fired Monday, days after he admitted to participating in “private gatherings” that were prohibited during the height of the pandemic, a federal filing shows, according to NBC News.

A new COVID-19 variant spreading overseas is now expected to become the primary strain in the U.S., possibly before the arrival of winter.

A new COVID-19 variant spreading overseas is now expected to become the primary strain in the U.S., possibly before the arrival of winter. Bob Redell reports.

A new COVID variant is raising questions and capturing the attention of researchers heading into the fall and winter season. It’s called the XEC variant.

Teen brains aged prematurely by as much as four years during covid lockdowns, researchers from the University of Washington found. 

The latest flu and COVID vaccines are now available at pharmacies, and they come as amid rising concerns over anti-vaccine rhethoric during this election cycle.

Can popular diet drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy help fight COVID? And as the fall nears, is the latest surge going to level off? NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to UCSF’s Dr. Monica Gandhi for some clarity.

Jessica Aguirre speaks with UCSF infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong on the updated COVID vaccine and what people need to know.