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Michigan’s Whitmer asks White House to surge vaccines to virus hot spots as cases climb

The administration’s coronavirus coordinator says it is sticking with its allocation formula.

Coronavirus question: Who should get a coronavirus test?

Not absolutely everyone needs to take one — but more than those showing symptoms should get them.

Biden, health officials sound alarm as signs of covid surge proliferate

Case counts are up, and younger people who are not yet vaccinated are being hospitalized with severe coronavirus infections.

Feuds, fibs and finger-pointing: Trump officials say coronavirus response was worse than known

‘That’s what bothers me every day’: Former coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx and others admit failures that hampered the White House response.

Anti-inflammatory diets can help you avoid some life-threatening diseases

The right foods can fight chronic inflammation, which is an underlying cause of diabetes, cancer, dementia, heart disease and other ailments.

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines are 90% effective after two doses in study of real-life conditions, CDC confirms

The CDC report is significant, experts said, because it analyzed how well the vaccines worked among a diverse group of front-line working-age adults whose jobs make them more likely to be exposed to the virus and to spread it.

Health-care professionals visit homebound and ill seniors so they can get the coronavirus vaccines

But such programs face many problems in providing the doses to this “hidden group.”

Health-care professionals visit homebound and ill seniors so they can get the coronavirus vaccines

But such programs face many problems in providing the doses to this “hidden group.”

The Big Number: 94 percent of older Americans take medications that could increase their likelihood of falling

In an 18-year span, research shows those 65 and older filled more than 7.8 billion prescriptions for high blood pressure, depression, sleep problems or pain.

Who makes the mask rules? Despite a Texas lawsuit, the mandate survives in Austin.

After Austin and Travis County defied a statewide moratorium on mask mandates, the local ordinances have survived a legal challenge — for now.