EU built record new wind farms last year but still short of green energy goal

COVID symptoms: red flags for needing medical attention, and changes with each new variant

U.S. Rural Hospitals are having problems paying for needed capital improvements

Confusing U.S. government COVID reporting requirements led to disparities in hospital data sharing--study

Bivalent vaccines help prevent COVID-related stroke, heart attack in older adults--study

Bivalent (two-strain) COVID-19 vaccines help protect against COVID-19–related thromboembolic events, including strokes, embolisms, and heart attacks, more so than monovalent (one-strain) vaccines, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Covid, flu vaccination rates are "incredibly low"--WHO

Opinion: U.S. ER health care workers need more security

As COVID cases rise, rapid tests are taking longer to detect infection

Wastewater data has become perhaps the best metric to track the wave of COVID in the U.S., but it’s an imperfect tool.

The curves on some Covid graphs are looking quite steep, again.

Reported levels of the virus in U.S. wastewater are higher than they have been since the first Omicron wave, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though severe outcomes still remain rarer than in earlier pandemic winters.

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Study suggests people who limit meat 40% less likely to get COVID, but some experts skeptical

Renewable energy grew rapidly in 2023, but must grow faster to meet climate change target -- IEA

The world’s renewable energy grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years in 2023, the International Energy Agency reported Thursday in its first assessment since nations agreed in December on ambitious new targets to slow dangerous climate change.

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Sickle-cell patients at increased risk for severe COVID but have low vaccine rate -study

Update: Spain makes masks mandatory in healthcare centres amid flu, COVID peak

Why 1,500 Americans are still dying from COVID every week

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Experts said there are several reasons why people might still be dying from the virus, including not enough people accessing treatments or getting vaccinated as well as waning immunity.

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COVID cases have jumped up globally becauwe of new variant and the holidays, the UN health agency says

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