Kennedy said COVID-19 was "targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people," but denied claiming its effects were deliberately ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — County fair season and campaign season are overlapping this summer, and the Ohio Republican Party is ...

All pregnant people should get the COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and Tdap vaccines, according to ...

A former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is facing charges over an alleged scheme to hide federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Justice ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is spreading across the U.S., health officials say. At least 23 countries have reported the SARS-CoV-2 BA.3.2 variant as of Feb. 11, according to a study published last week ...

A far-left congressional candidate backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani peddled a crackpot COVID-19 theory that said the virus ...

Gen. Colin Powell, former secretary of state, died Monday at 84 from COVID-related complications, though he was fully vaccinated, his family announced. His death, medical experts say, underscore the ...

Scientists and doctors keep closely monitoring viruses that could jump from animals to humans, such as emerging strains of ...

U.S. cases of hantavirus are rare, and generally don't transmit person to person. Hantavirus does not easily mutate and spread like COVID-19 and flu viruses do, making it easier f ...

The Special Tribunal has declared a R25.8 million Covid-19 contract awarded by the Ditsobotla municipality unlawful, citing ...

COVID-19 may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, especially for those who experience a severe infection. COVID-19 causes inflammation and other physiological changes in the brain that are ...