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By Maggie Fox, CNN When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were more than 90% effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci had no words. He texted smiley face emojis to a journalist seeking his reaction. This astonishing efficacy has held up in real-world studies in

CNN’s Chris Cuomo speaks to Katalin Karikó, a senior vice president at BioNTech whose research in mRNA technology helped pave the way for the coronavirus vaccine.

By Lisa Drayer, CNN While people may assume only those who are overweight have to worry about the impact of a fatty heart, the reality is that thin people can also have this sometimes life-threatening condition. Excess pericardial fat, which surrounds the heart, increases the risk of heart failure — more so in women than

By Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The US just recorded a seven-day average of fewer than 20,000 new daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since March 2020. The daily average of new cases dropped to about 17,248 as of Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. However, that number might

President Joe Biden paid tribute to the US military service members during his first Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

By Ryan Prior, CNN As many as three in four Americans overestimate their ability to spot false headlines — and the worse they are at it, the more likely they are to share fake news, researchers reported Monday. The study of surveys involving 8,200 people, which published in in the Proceedings of the National Academy

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The World Health Organization said on Monday that it has assigned new “labels” to key coronavirus variants so the public can refer to them by letters of the Greek alphabet instead of where the variant was first detected. For instance, WHO calls the “UK variant” (B.1.1.7) “Alpha,” and the “South African

By Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN For the first time in over a year, millions of Americans are gathering for a major holiday without masks or physical distancing — safely. But the majority of Americans still aren’t fully vaccinated, leading to the possibility of yet another post-holiday spike of Covid-19 infections. “To people who

By Keri Enriquez, CNN “My job is to go out and sing, and entertain these residents in the senior living facilities, and I need to be able to hear the frequencies, and I lost those during my infection with Covid.” A battle with Covid-19 left singer Irena Schulz with pain in her ears and hearing

By Melissa Mahtani, CNN There’s no doubt the Covid-19 pandemic was tough. It turned our world upside down. It disrupted our routines, forced us to stay home, made us confront the fragility of life and pushed us well beyond the limits of our comfort zone. But amid our collective fear and suffering, there were some

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A maskless Memorial Day weekend is a huge deal. People are traveling, Covid-19 cases are down across most of the country and vaccines have made their way into millions of arms. And while glimpses of normalcy are exciting to see, one health expert is warning that the millions of people who

Dr. Leana Wen worries that America is not going to get to herd immunity, and says, ‘we need to address concerns of people who change their minds’ and show people what a return to normal looks like.