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COVID-19 in Maryland

“This is the first fall and winter virus season where vaccines are available for the three viruses responsible for most hospitalizations – COVID-19, RSV, and flu,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Extreme weather conditions, rising sea levels and other climate change effects can allow diseases to creep in and become the next major threat.

Erin Kissane, a co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project, rolled up her sleeve for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in mid-October soon after it was…

‘We don’t just want to treat workers who are suffering. We want to prevent that harm to all workers in the first place.’

Pandemic

A former state corrections employee was sentenced to prison for bribery after prosecutors charged that he misused state COVID-19 funds that were intended to…

Gilman Hall at Johns Hopkins University

The network may help identify and guide emergency responses to any changes in the COVID pandemic or any other threatening diseases that arise in the future.

“We’re hoping it will be a fairly quiet season, but this is where everyone in public health is still watching closely and holding our breath,” Sen. Clarence Lam said.

Americans older than six months should get an updated COVID-19 booster this fall, according to a recommendation the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the latest round of COVID-19 boosters, as public health officials brace for another cold and…