National What happens when your immune system hijacks your brain By Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum The Associated Press Nov 24, 2025 “My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain.
National Should you get a new COVID booster? If so, when? By LAURAN NEERGAARD Medical Writer AP Sep 2, 2022 John Wherry will wait until later in the fall to consider getting an updated COVID-19 booster. The University of Pennsylvania immunologist kno…
National Tweaked COVID boosters close but how much will they help? By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Aug 25, 2022 COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today's omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but still up in the air is how much b…
National CDC advisers endorse more traditional Novavax COVID shot By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Jul 19, 2022 U.S. adults who haven't gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax — a more traditional kind of vaccine, influent…
National Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Apr 28, 2022 Moderna is seeking to be the first to offer COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest American children, as it asked the Food and Drug Administration …
National CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Apr 26, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of…
National A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new ones? By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Feb 3, 2022 COVID-19 vaccines are saving an untold number of lives, but they can't stop the chaos when a hugely contagious new mutant bursts on the scene,…
National Mysteries of omicron variant could take weeks to untangle By LAURAN NEERGAARD and LAURA UNGAR AP Medical Writers Dec 1, 2021 A pandemic-weary world faces weeks of confusing uncertainty as countries restrict travel and take other steps to halt the newest potentially r…
National US expected to authorize mix-and-match COVID booster shots By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press Oct 19, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses this week in an effort to pr…
National Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer Oct 11, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill for treating COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new a…
