Dr. Céline Gounder, an internist, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, is a CBS News medical contributor as well as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.

Editor’s Note (4/18/23): On April 18 the Food and Drug Administration authorized a second bivalent COVID booster for people aged 65 and older who had their first bivalent shot at least four months ...

It's not just President Biden who recently tested positive for COVID — cases of the virus are spiking across the country. Why the seemingly sudden summer surge? There are a couple of factors at play, ...

Okay, so it seems like everyone I know has come down with COVID this summer — even the people known as NOVIDs (never had COVID before). I’ve been lucky so far. What do I need to know to protect myself ...

If it seems like a lot of people are getting COVID right now, you’re not imagining it. We’re in the middle of a worldwide summer COVID-19 wave. A high or very high level of COVID-19 virus is being ...

The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable ...

CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen is spreading misinformation telling Americans the new updated COVID vaccine prevents long COVID, according to columnist Marty Makary. Getty Images CDC Director Dr. Mandy ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the new Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. It’s the third time the vaccines have been updated to match circulating strains since the original ...

Evidence that COVID came from a Chinese lab mounted toward a conclusive level last week: “Multiple government sources” say the very first people infected by the bug were Wuhan Institute of Virology ...

You get the dreaded text: the friend you just met for lunch tested positive for COVID-19. Now you’re left to wonder if you, too, will get sick in the coming days. But when should you expect symptoms ...

New federal guidelines reduce the time you need to isolate when you come down with COVID-19 – recommendations that some critics say do not go far enough to prevent others from suffering unnecessarily.

Those who’ve dodged COVID-19 for more than four years may have a newly discovered immune response to thank. The results stem from a challenge trial: At the height of the pandemic in 2021, scientists ...