Florida’s governor called out the “ridiculous” nature of “COVID theater” when there were those standing behind him with a mask on ahead of his press conference on Wednesday.
Repurposed drugs that have been shown to prevent or treat COVID-19 may be prescribed by physicians, the Florida Department of Health said in its new COVID-19 guidance for health care practitioners.
A recent study of more than a million children shows that Pfizer's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine has negative efficacy for the youngest children it’s recommended for.
Health experts are raising alarms about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s mental health. During the pandemic, parents have reported grief, anxiety and depression among children while citing school closures and forced isolation as the primary culprits.
The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends universal COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing, instead saying health departments should direct those efforts to specific high-risk settings.