ST. PAUL – Patients who test positive for COVID-19 at test sites will have immediate access to the treatment drug Paxlovid at those sites, Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday. The addition of the pharmaceuticals to these state-run sites further streamlines the process for Minnesotans seeking ...

At least some U.S. adults may get updated COVID-19 shots this fall, as government advisers voted Tuesday that it's time to tweak booster doses to better match the most recent virus variants. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration wrestled with how to modify doses now when there's no way ...

Children ages 6 months and older can now receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines for the youngest population underwent clinical trials showing their efficacy with no reports of rare or serious side effects. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 has caused more than 2 ...

Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students this summer. Final passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act in the U.S. House came less than a week before rule changes for child nutrition programs were set to expire June ...

Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. On Dec. 8, 2020, a retired shop clerk in England received the first shot in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, says his COVID-19 recovery is an "example" for the nation on the protection offered by vaccines and boosters. Speaking during a White House briefing, Fauci, 81, said he began experiencing virus symptoms on June ...