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Here are nine important lessons I learned, and what you should do if you're thinking about traveling abroad (or even to Hawaii, which requires a negative PCR test). A COVID travel test isn't the same as a free PCR test COVID tests may be free in the US, but COVID tests... read more →

Don't worry: If you lost or damaged your vaccination card, there are ways to recover . Your vaccine site may have proof that you got the shot if you lose your vaccination card. Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites.... read more →

Mychael Schnell   The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said the new COVID-19 omicron variant poses a "very high" risk across the globe, but noted that there is still much to learn about the highly mutated strain. © Getty Images WHO: Omicron poses 'very high' global riskIn a technical brief... read more →

Alyssa Lukpat   Coronavirus cases in children in the United States have risen by 32 percent from about two weeks ago, a spike that comes as the country rushes to inoculate children ahead of the winter holiday season, pediatricians said. © Emily Elconin for The New York Times Children waiting in... read more →

By Carl O'Donnell   © Reuters/Brendan McDermid FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center in Valley Stream, New York(Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday started vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19, with roughly 28 million school-age... read more →

Companies are updating vaccines and testing them on people to prepare for whatever comes next in the pandemic. Emily Waltz If an emerging strain of SARS-CoV-2 evades the immunity already conferred by vaccines and infections, vaccine makers say they will act quickly to roll out new jabs.Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via... read more →

Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY Foreign tourists vaccinated against COVID-19 with a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or World Health Organization will get the green light to enter the United States in November, according to a spokesperson from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Earlier this... read more →

National regulatory authorities have granted emergency use authorizations for twenty-four COVID-19 vaccines. Six of those have been approved for emergency or full use by at least one WHO-recognized stringent regulatory authority (Oxford–AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinopharm-BBIBP, Moderna, Sinovac, and Janssen). For COVID-19 vaccination policy by country, see Vaccination policy § Table. Overview maps. RNA vaccines and DNA vaccines   Pfizer–BioNTech   Moderna   ZyCoV-D Adenovirus... read more →

By David Shepardson  The United States will accept the use by international visitors of COVID-19 vaccines authorized by U.S. regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late on Friday. On Sept. 20, the White House announced the United States in November would lift... read more →

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a public safety alert over an "alarming" increase in fake prescription pills laced with the synthetic opioid fentanyl or the stimulant methamphetamine. "The United States is facing an unprecedented crisis of overdose deaths fueled by illegally manufactured fentanyl and methamphetamine," DEA Administrator... read more →