Category: Washington Post

The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to get shots, according to a Post analysis, as the elderly and immunocompromised have a harder time dodging increasingly contagious strains.

The documents offer new details about how the White House delivered on the priorities of religious communities that were key to the president’s base.

Are pit bulls aggressive? Golden retrievers great with kids? Not necessarily, researchers found, with breed alone explaining very little about dog behavior and personality.

The action to ban menthol cigarettes was hailed by leading health and civil rights groups that have complained that the decades-long targeting of Black communities by the tobacco industry has caused severe harm.

The two-shot coronavirus vaccine provoked immune responses similar to those of the adult vaccine but was modestly protective against the omicron variant.

“My world blurred, but it also sharpened” following the ailment, the former New York Times restaurant critic writes in his book.

White House correspondents rebuff offer from experts to install special lights to stop viral spread.

The rare cases aren’t severe but highlight the many questions that remain about the virus.

Anthony Fauci said the United States is no longer seeing “tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths” from covid-19.

But officials caution that people should not presume they are protected against the virus going forward.