Reporter — The Associated Press
Candice Choi
Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials' complaints
Public health officials have sounded the alarm for months, complaining that they do not have enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms. Now the slower-than-expected start...
How much COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped in US
COVID-19 vaccines have begun shipping in the U.S. after getting emergency authorization, setting off the nation's biggest ever vaccination push. But supplies are expected to be limited for some time.
Keep the mask: A vaccine won't end the U.S. crisis right away
November 24, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.
Despite the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in just a few weeks, it could take several months -- probably well into 2021 — before things get back to something close...
FACT CHECK: Trump distorts on vaccine, state distribution
President Donald Trump on Friday wrongly claimed full credit for Pfizer Inc.'s announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine was robustly successful and suggested without evidence that a separate state review will...
Doctors studying why obesity may be tied to serious COVID-19 cases
In the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed something about the people severely ill from COVID-19: Many were obese.
Pandemic threatens to deepen crisis in mental health care
More than three weeks after Brandon Bell stopped showing up at a New York office that serves people with schizophrenia, employees finally located him at a nearby homeless shelter.
Why health experts aren't warning about coronavirus in food
April 1, 2020 at 1:15 p.m.
Chicken with salmonella can make you sick. So can romaine lettuce with E. coli and buffets with lurking norovirus. So why aren't health officials warning people about eating food contaminated...
Amid coronavirus pandemic, how would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?
A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could...
Experts consider labeling foods with "exercise calories" estimating the amount of activity needed to burn them off
December 20, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.
Would you put down that bag of chips if you saw it had 170 calories? What if the label said it would take 16 minutes of running to burn off...
Why you shouldn't wash your Thanksgiving turkey
NEW YORK -- Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don't -- repeat don't -- wash the turkey before popping it in the...