As Covid again increases, these will help you weather or prevent infection: vaccines, masks, Paxlovid, metformin, azelastine, some antihistamines, and Ensitrelvir.

Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.

Here’s what we’ve learned – and how our understanding has evolved – since the earliest cases of the novel coronavirus were first reported.

(This August 18 story has been repeated with no changes to the text.) By Nate Raymond Aug 18 (Reuters) - A former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health officials are tracking elevated virus incidence.

Dr. David Morens faces up to five years in prison after admitting to conspiring to conceal documents related to the pandemic and grant research.

A known philanthropist, Dolly Parton's support has been credited with getting COVID-19 vaccines to more people, sooner.

Elaine Angene Escoe was living under the fake identity "Harley Newman" in Jamaica before her arrest in connection with a $32 million COVID-19 fraud scheme.