Why hantavirus is not like COVID, according to infectious disease experts

The deadly cruise ship outbreak of hantavirus, a rare, rodent-borne illness, may have evoked some memories of the early days of COVID-19 — but infectious disease specialists and public health officials say there are clear differences in this case that make the risk to the public extremely low. “This is not another COVID,” World Health Organization Director-General … Read more

Ex-Fauci top advisor indicted over alleged COVID cover-up, hidden emails

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Justice Department is accusing a longtime senior advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci of using his private email to hide communication about the COVID-19 virus from public view while helping to shape the narrative about its origins. David M. Morens, 78, who served for years as a … Read more

Supreme Court sinks wrongful death suit against Andrew Cuomo for COVID nursing home fatalities

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s camp responded defiantly Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to hear a wrongful death case brought on appeal by a Brooklyn man who blamed the Democrat’s COVID-era nursing home orders for his father’s 2020 death. Cuomo was one of several Democratic … Read more

Mob boss John Gotti’s grandson sentenced to 15 months in prison for COVID loan fraud

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Late mob boss John Gotti’s reality-TV-star grandson was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for pocketing $1.1 million in loans from a federal program meant to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Carmine Agnello, whose gel-spiked hair was a mainstay of the mid-2000s A&E series “Growing Up Gotti,” must … Read more

Acting CDC director delayed release of study showing benefit of Covid vaccines

The CDC was expected last month to publish a study showing that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness, but the agency’s acting director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, delayed its release due to concerns about the methodology. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The study was … Read more

Do you have the new Covid variant, flu or other virus? Look out for these symptoms

It may be spring, but virus season isn’t over yet. Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed “cicada,” are still circulating, along with several other respiratory illnesses and a nasty stomach bug that are leaving many Americans feeling cruddy. The symptoms for most of the viruses are so similar — sniffles, cough, … Read more

Covid and flu shots in limbo as Trump administration mulls appeal over vaccine panel

More than a week after a federal judge blocked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of both the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule and a key vaccine advisory committee, the Justice Department has yet to appeal the decision — and ultimately may not. The Justice Department has 60 days to appeal the … Read more