Studies have shown that people with obesity are more likely to have worse outcomes from COVID-19 than others with a lower body mass index (BMI).
Author: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
A side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine can mimic a sign of breast cancer. This is normal, doctors say.
Doctors recommend scheduling a mammogram before receiving a COVID-19 vaccine after some have been mistaking swollen lymph nodes for breast lumps.
The U.S. lost a whole year of life expectancy – and for Black people, it’s nearly 3 times worse
Study finds life expectancy dropped to its lowest level in 15 years and even lower for Black people and Latinos during the first half of the pandemic.
Pain relief medications like Tylenol and Advil are ‘perfectly fine’ – but only after COVID-19 vaccine, experts say
Americans are using pain relief medication to manage side effects brought on by the COVID-19 vaccine. Experts say don’t take them before vaccination.
‘We will be a part of history’: Eager medical students are helping speed up US vaccine rollout
Medical students are expected to be an increasingly important part of vaccination efforts as the US faces a surplus of distributed, but unused, shots.
Takeaways from Biden’s COVID-19 executive orders: Experts celebrate plan, warn ‘a lot of work’ is left
Some priorities may be contingent on the passage of the president’s $1.9 trillion relief package, others can have an immediate impact.
2020 wasn’t ‘just a random bad year,’ health experts say. COVID-19 made it one of the deadliest in US history.
Preliminary numbers show 2020 is on track to become the deadliest year in U.S. history, exceeding 3.2 million. COVID-19 is to blame, experts say.
These countries are the most reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Is the US on the list?
The United States isn’t the only country in the world struggling with people who are reluctant to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
Testing positive for coronavirus after getting a vaccine? Here’s how likely that is and what to know if it happens
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it can take weeks for a person’s body to build up immunity after getting vaccinated.
‘It’s going to be a long road’: His father developed the polio vaccine. This is what he thinks about COVID-19.
Dr. Peter Salk was one of the first children to receive his father’s vaccine in 1953. Here’s what he thinks could happen with the COVID-19 vaccines.