Hurricane Erin may not be forecast to make landfall, but the sprawling Category 2 storm is still going to impact much of the East Coast as it tracks north this week. On Tuesday, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein declared a state of emergency to prepare for the life-threatening rip currents and storm surge expected to affect the coastal region.

WHO, AMA, AAP and existing standards recommend that people who have never received a COVID-19 vaccine, are age 65 and older, are immunocompromised, live at a long-term care facility, are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant, and/or want to avoid getting long COVID-19, should get the vaccine, especially.

The “Stratus” variant (XFG) was first identified in January in Southeast Asia. By June, it accounted for 14% of COVID cases in the U.S. While the symptoms of XFG are generally consistent with other COVID variants, some patients have reported hoarseness as a potential distinguishing symptom.

COVID-19 cases are rising across the U.S., with Texas among the hardest hit. Experts say the Stratus variant and summer travel are driving the increase.

Millions of kindergarteners across the country are entering classrooms for the first time, five years after a pandemic that transformed their early childhoods overnight.

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.

COVID-19 infection appears to cause women's blood vessels to age prematurely, potentially increasing their risk of heart disease, a new study says. Women infected with COVID-19 experienced about five additional years of blood vessel aging,

Covid strikes in the summer more often than some other respiratory viruses with similar symptoms. If you’re coughing and sniffling during summer, you may be more likely to have Covid than the flu or respiratory syncytial virus — and you should reach for a Covid test, Dr. Al-Aly said.