Older adults face the highest risk of severe COVID-19 illness. Learn how to protect yourself or loved ones with vaccines, masking, hygiene, and caregiver support. Stay informed and stay safe. While ...

When the virus that causes COVID-19 emerged in 2019, no one had protective immunity. Nearly five years later, most of the United States population has some immunity, either because of vaccination, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday that it is likely that the spread of coronavirus will reach pandemic levels, as scientists still are trying to solve how to stop the ...

The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has spread globally, killing hundreds of thousands of people and infecting millions more. The pandemic has upended life around the world, crippling the ...

MPR News guest host Kelly Gordon talked with an infectious disease physician about how the COVID virus is changing, the latest testing guidelines, and how you can best protect yourself and others.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is continuing to advise Americans not travel at this time and in a statement sent to The Washington Post, the agency recommended people “delay ...

Medical professionals recommend leaving fireworks to the professionals this Fourth of July. Fireworks can cause severe — and even fatal — injuries. Fourth of July celebrations on Thursday will lead ...

The new cicada COVID variant BA.3.2 can infect children 5 times more than the Omicron variant. This is why you need to get ...