As Covid-19 fades from headlines, many people still suffer long-term health effects of the pandemic. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance/Getty Images CNN — Three years after the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 pandemic, life has not returned to normal...
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New York City rats can catch the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, study finds
The millions of Norway rats that live alongside New Yorkers are among the animals that can catch the virus that causes Covid-19, a new study says. However, reports of the virus spreading from any types of animals to humans remain rare. Pets like cats, dogs and...
Novak Djokovic: Ron DeSantis would ‘run a boat from the Bahamas’ to allow world No. 1 into the US to play at Miami Open
Djokovic, who is unvaccinated against Covid-19, said last month that he had hoped for a "positive result" on being able to receive special permission to play tournaments in the US. Daniel Pockett/Getty Images/FILE CNN — Time might have run out for Novak Djokovic to...
How an infectious disease expert interprets conflicting reports on COVID-19’s origins
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Michael Osterholm about what the general public can understand about the origins of COVID-19. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the debate over where it came from seems to be getting more confusing....

CDC drops its COVID-19 risk advisory for cruise ship travel
The Norwegian Gateway cruise ship is moored at PortMiami on Jan. 7 in Miami. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advisory warning Wednesday for cruise travel after more than two years of warning Americans. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Center for...

Are there places you should still mask in, forever? Three experts weigh in
A sign requiring the wearing of face masks is displayed at the testing center for visitors to the White House on July 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images There are still hundreds of thousands of COVID cases reported in the U.S. each week, along...

COVID-19 made pulse oximeters ubiquitous. Engineers are fixing their racial bias
A health worker uses an oximeter to monitor the pulse and oxygen saturation levels of a resident during a door-to-door survey to check for Covid-19 coronavirus symptoms at a low income neighborhood in Hyderabad on May 6, 2021. Noah Seelam/AFP via Getty Images Listen...
An ER doc reflects on life, death and uncertainty in the early days of COVID-19
DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. In the first year of the pandemic, more than 3,600 American health care workers died after being infected with the COVID-19 virus. Our guest, emergency room physician Farzon Nahvi, says that...

CDC adds Covid-19 shots to list of routine vaccines for kids and adults
Covid-19 shots are included in new schedules of routinely recommended vaccines released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. The immunization schedules summarize current vaccine recommendations for children, adolescents and adults, but do...

First on CNN: HHS secretary sends letter to state governors on what’s to come when Covid-19 public health emergency ends
Plans are moving forward at the US Department of Health and Human Services to prepare for the end of the nation's Covid-19 public health emergency declaration in May. On Thursday, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter and fact sheet to state governors detailing...

Most young people aren’t getting latest Covid-19 booster, but they’re not filling hospital beds at three large health care systems
As the US mulls over its future Covid-19 vaccination plan, data from three large health care systems indicate that even though a small percentage of people under age 65 have gotten the new Covid-19 booster, people this age are not becoming severely ill and...

Risk of developing diabetes after Covid-19 continued in Omicron period, study says
People who’ve had Covid-19 have a higher risk of developing diabetes, and that link seems to have persisted into the Omicron era, a new study finds. Mounting evidence suggests Covid-19 infections are tied to a new diagnosis of diabetes, though it’s not clear whether...

Most young people aren’t getting latest Covid-19 booster, but they’re not filling hospital beds at three large health care systems
CNN — As the US mulls over its future Covid-19 vaccination plan, data from three large health care systems indicate that even though a small percentage of people under age 65 have gotten the new Covid-19 booster, people this age are not becoming severely ill and...