Health & Science

Burns, who is fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19, last met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday morning.

However, Biden said the U.S. currently has enough vaccine supply to ensure people ages 50 and older can get their fourth doses.

Johnson & Johnson’s new CEO Joaquin Duato says in his first interview that AI in medicine will lead to innovations including real-time surgery decisions.

The U.S. airplane and airport mask mandate will likely be lifted on April 18 or “shortly thereafter,” according to Delta’s chief health officer.

President Joe Biden will give an update on the U.S. fight against Covid-19 and receive his second vaccine booster shot.

Dr. Peter Marks said the U.S. might need to switch to a different vaccine that targets specific variants of Covid.

The more contagious omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dominant version of Covid in the U.S., at nearly 55% of sequenced Covid cases, according to the CDC.

The CDC and FDA made the decision without consulting their committees of independent vaccine experts.

Hong Kong intends to ease a travel ban on flights from nine countries, including the U.S. and U.K. and Australia from April 1.

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Equifax, Experian and TransUnion recently announced that starting July 1, they will remove nearly 70% of medical debt from credit reports.

China’s biggest city of Shanghai began a two-stage lockdown Monday as authorities try to control the country’s worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began.

Diabetes effects 537 million people globally, but there’s been no promising cure. Now, stem cells may finally offer a way to create new insulin-making cells.

The company announced the feature at its sponsored health event The Check Up.

“You have people that are younger adults that have comorbidity factors, and they might need [a] sooner fourth dose to protect them,” CEO Stephane Bancel told CNBC.

As mainland China battles its worst Covid-19 outbreak since early 2020, local governments increasingly say the new omicron BA.2 variant is to blame.

One of the enduring mysteries of the Covid-19 pandemic is that children have been spared by the virus, for the most part.

Singapore will ease most of its Covid restrictions including outdoor mask mandates from next week, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Thursday.

Data from Walgreens, which conducts testing at its pharmacies nationwide, shows BA.2 as the dominant variant at 51% of all positive Covid cases as of March 19.

The rise in cases across the continent is being driven by several causes including the spread of the omicron subvariant, BA.2.