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Brazil’s health regulator says it has halted clinical trials of China’s potential COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac, citing an ‘adverse, serious event.’
Pfizer says early data on its coronavirus vaccine candidate suggest that the shots may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19.
While California has started to see a rise in coronavirus cases, the pace of increase is slower than that seen in the rest of the United States.
Granderson: Proposition 207, not Donald Trump, stirred the pot in the newly altered state of Arizona
Granderson: Proposition 207, not Donald Trump, stirred the pot in the newly altered state of Arizona
Even as decisive presidential election votes remained to be counted, Arizonans, both Democrat and Republican, rallied to legalize recreational marijuana.
U.S. voters are starkly divided over Trump’s response to COVID-19. But in places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.
AstraZeneca hopes to show its COVID-19 vaccine is effective by the end of this year and is ramping up manufacturing so it can supply doses in January.
Denmark’s prime minister says the government wants to cull all 15 million minks in Danish farms to reduce the risk they’ll pass the coronavirus to humans.
For the first time, astronomers have tracked down the origin of a blast of mysterious cosmic radio waves to a magnetar in the Milky Way.
About one-sixth of Americans said they were on some kind of special diet in 2019, mostly for weight loss, or for other health reasons.
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A Stanford study of 18 Trump rallies held in the midst of the pandemic suggests they’ve led to more than 30,000 coronavirus infections and at least 700 COVID-19 deaths.
COVID-19 deaths are draining political support for Republicans, from Trump to candidates for Congress, according to a new study.
Here’s what the science says about whether Justin Turner put other Dodgers at risk by celebrating their World Series win despite a positive coronavirus test.
Fauci says that, as the coronavirus surges in the U.S., we may have to put off longed-for activities for another year or more.
If a medical problem like COVID-19 lands you in the hospital on election day, you can still vote in California and most other states with an emergency ballot.
Health workers of all stripes have put themselves at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. But nurses face the highest risk of being hospitalized with the disease.
Social and public gatherings are one of several reasons why Southern California remains stuck in a coronavirus limbo, experts say.
If nearly all Americans would wear face masks when they leave their homes, they could save over 100,000 lives by the end of February, a study says.
A large study found the medicine, given to hospitalized patients through an IV, cut the time to recovery by five days.
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The Supreme Court, with President Trump’s three appointees, hears arguments over whether to void the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
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