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Starting in late September, Americans will be able to order up to four free at-home COVID-19 tests that will be delivered to your mailbox. The tests will be able to detect newer variants of the virus. -
Two of the updated COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at pharmacies all over the country. On Friday, the FDA authorized the Novavax shot, which is also expected to be available in the coming days. -
There is a worldwide COVID-19 wave this summer, and a new vaccine coming in September. -
The nation — and Olympic athletes, like Noah Lyles — are in another summer surge of COVID-19 infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials say the virus has become endemic. That means it is here to stay in a predictable way. -
Some children who had COVID-19 developed a severe inflammatory response that could put them in the ICU. Scientists have learned why it happens. -
This is the president's second bout with the virus. He was campaigning in Las Vegas when he found out his cold symptoms were COVID. -
As much as we would all love to ignore COVID, a new set of variants that scientists call “FLiRT” is here to remind us that the virus is still with us. -
Hearings have turned up embarrassing emails and problems with grants, but evidence of a larger cover-up is lacking. -
A team of scientists argue that new vaccines and treatments wouldn't be critical if humans could figure out how to stop viruses from spilling over from animals in the first place. -
New collections The Gone Thing, Silver and Modern Poetry offer, if not a solution to trying times in America, then a kind of truth-telling companion, a mirror with a real person on both sides of it.
