Breaking news updates, resources and developments about the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, and its effects on Hawaii, the nation and the world.

During the COVID pandemic, the rate of antiviral prescriptions in US emergency departments for children at a high risk for ...

As mpox continues to affect communities across 26 African countries, health officials are turning to familiar strategies to manage the caseload. One such approach, home-based care, is being adapted ...

According to a new paper published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the risk rises three to fivefold in the ...

Racial health disparities may widen as states, universities and nonprofits grapple with federal funding cuts to programs that were aimed at filling gaps in care, public health experts say.

Prior research suggests that SSRIs may reduce the risk of developing long COVID, a condition affecting approximately 65 million individuals worldwide that is associated with fatigue, cognitive ...

Florida’s announcement that it would scrap public school vaccine mandates next year hit Elizabeth particularly hard. Her ...

The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.

The newest CDC guidance for adults means that pharmacies can vaccinate pregnant women, and most insurance companies must cover it at no cost. Medicaid and Medicare also cover COVID-19 vaccines for ...

Florida plans to end nearly a half-century of required childhood immunizations against diseases that have killed and maimed ...

Children born to mothers infected with covid-19 during pregnancy faced a higher risk of autism, along with other neurological differences such as delays in speech and motor development, according to a ...

Three monkeys remain at large after truck crash in Mississippi released 21 primates from Tulane University research program ...