Agency analysts have been told to avoid these seven banned words and phrases in budget documents.

The nation's top public health official warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus would likely coincide with the start of flu season and could overwhelm the health system.

For former U.S. intelligence officials, scenes of armed clashes and strongman poses are familiar signs of a fraying country.

State Department chose to keep 14 infected passengers on planes flying to U.S.

States were anticipating a windfall after federal officials said they would stop holding back second doses. But the policy had already changed, and no stockpile exists.

Why the United States has different challenges than many other countries.

Cases were reported in Santa Clara County, Calif., Oregon and Washington on Friday.

Officials preparing budget documents are told to avoid certain terms.

You might feel awkward asking someone about their vaccination status, but experts say it’s appropriate and legal.

The agency is likely to recommend that people who can consistently wear N95 or KN95 masks, rather than cloth masks, should do so.

The new guidance is likely to have the biggest impact on schools, workplaces and other group settings since more people are likely to be considered at risk.

Internal memo shows how Trump’s public pronouncements conflict with the administration’s own reporting.

I am not a handy person and even I can DIY this indoor air filter. See how I made a Corsi-Rosenthal Box.

Extensive efforts are underway in China to stop travel and large gatherings during the Lunar New Year holiday.

The review sets the stage for a third coronavirus vaccine to be authorized as soon as this weekend, a point of hope in the middle of a pandemic that has killed more than a half-million people in the...

Several White House staffers and administration officials expressed anger and bewilderment that the White House had not undertaken a more robust contact-tracing effort sooner.

The Right Rev. Mariann Budde says she is “outraged” that police cleared protesters from in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church so the president could visit.

Attendees say many people did not mask, socially distance or take other precautions recommended earlier in the pandemic.

The guidelines are watered down despite evidence that singing may spread the virus.

The animal is a previously unknown species that may help researchers unlock secrets of surviving harsh environments.

The analysis was done to promote public trust and ensure that CDC’s coronavirus guidance "is evidence-based and free of politics," a memo says.

In Q&A, the experts explain how they handle masks, mail, haircuts, travel, seeing friends, grocery shopping and aspects of life in the pandemic.

An Appropriations subcommittee sought to call the health official to testify next week.

Mary Jo Copeland, on choosing decency over anxiety and fear.

Frustrated doctors say they have had to ration the drugs because of short supply. “How on earth do I decide?” asks one doctor.

The widespread power failures in Texas in the face of a winter cold snap shine a light on what some see as the derelict state of America’s electricity infrastructure, a mirror reflection of the chaos...

The guidance was issued following pressure from the airline industry and amid surging cases of coronavirus in the United States and strong evidence on the effectiveness of masks in curbing transmis...

A study shows the coronavirus doesn’t survive as long in hot, humid weather and under UV light.

The case, involving a biker in his 60s, is one of at least 260 infections traced back to the South Dakota event last month where many declined to wear masks.

The agency’s response to the worst public health crisis in a century has been marked by technical mistakes, botched messaging, false accusations and interference by Trump administration political...

The first tranche of 607,000 vials of remdesivir were delivered in some cases to the wrong hospitals, to hospitals with no ICUs and therefore no eligible patients, and to facilities with no available...

The change comes several days after President-elect Joe Biden said he planned to release nearly all available doses to speed protection for Americans.

Just 11 weeks into a pandemic crisis expected to last months, the nightmare of medical equipment shortages is no longer just theoretical.

The request from HHS is the latest example of efforts to use government scientists to advance the president’s political objectives. CDC career scientists are pushing back.

About two-thirds are from covid-19, with the rest from other causes, according to a CDC report.

CDC officials said they are expanding screening to international airports in Atlanta and Chicago, in addition to those in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Over 1,200 travelers have been...

The administration used options in existing contracts to purchase another 200 million doses, increasing supply by 50 percent.

In choosing Klain as chief of staff, the president-elect is sending a signal that he will seek to restore Washington’s traditional ways after the chaos of the Trump era.

Outsider named to conduct one-month review with an eye toward modernizing.

Aides say he plans to call Republican and Democratic governors during the transition to urge them to adopt mask mandates and communicate the importance of social distancing.

Health-care workers are reusing masks and switching to less effective protections, and the Department of Health and Human Services said Saturday it is updating formal guidance on how hospitals should...

An Ohio measles outbreak among unvaccinated children comes at a time of heightened concern about the public health consequences of anti-vaccine sentiment.

Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, say they will apply for emergency authorization from regulators after the third week of November.

President Trump has revealed highly classified information inadvertently and deliberately while president.

My mother was one of more than 1 million Americans who died of covid. We are a nation awash in grief, an experience of loss that forced us to find new ways to mourn — and carry on.

The sweeping executive order strips job protections from employees in policy roles across the government.

The river port city of Mbandaka is home to more than 1 million people.

I ask her if they talked about duck and cover in school. I realize that I don’t know much about duck and cover because I’m 36 years old and I grew up in a world without nuclear threats.

Officials warn that the falsified cards could endanger lives and undermine efforts to end the pandemic.

The first U.S coronavirus case of unknown origin was confirmed in Northern California on Wednesday, according to a person briefed on the case.

Tony Green, on dismissing, denying, contracting and spreading the coronavirus.

Beyond the toll directly attributable to the virus, the excess death count exposes the unusually high rates of heart disease, hypertension, dementia and other ailments across two years of pandemic...

Pediatricians are preparing to administer the nation’s first coronavirus vaccines for children under 5 in the coming days.

Meadows was at the White House for the election night party and was not wearing a mask.

For some frontline workers who have been vaccinated after toiling for nearly a year under exhausting, dangerous and sometimes terrifying conditions, the shot brought an enduring sense of relief.

The woman whose name is on the Parkland school was an activist, too — and not afraid to take on powerful political forces

E. coli contamination sickens dozens; feds say throw away lettuce

Experts say the covid-19 pandemic can be slowed if the United States takes aggressive steps now.

The U.K. lockdown exit strategy will begin March 8 with the reopening of schools, the resumption of care home visits and fewer socializing rules.

How one traveler who contracted measles in New York City traveled to the Detroit area and got 39 people sick. And how health officials tracked him down to control the outbreak.

The new variant has sent U.S. infections soaring, but a smaller share than with delta are resulting in hospitalization.

Reformulated coronavirus booster shots are on their way.

“We knew that when the virus came we had to take care of ourselves, because no one else would,” the director said.

Commerce secretary’s “cynical” action would have produced undercount of immigrants.

Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order an additional 4 free at-⁠home tests beginning November 20. If you did not order tests this fall, you may place two orders for a total of 8 tests.

Americans can again order four free tests through covidtests.gov starting Sept. 25.

Larry Schwartz, head of the state’s vaccine effort, acknowledged making the calls in response to an inquiry by The Washington Post, but said he did so as a 30-year friend of Cuomo and did not discuss...

The briefing illustrates a Biden promise that medical and other experts will speak to the public.

Governors join calls for delay of administration plan to shift control from the CDC as Trump administration pledges to make data available to the public.

There is no shortage of nurses nationally. But in places where one exists, the pandemic is pushing hospitals to the breaking point.

Insurers are supposed to pay for the updated coronavirus vaccine after the federal government stopped buying them. But some consumers are being turned away

"Now you’re seeing children coming of age, out from a cloud of misinformation," said Allison Winnike, the president and chief executive of the Immunization Project.