The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and partners are investigating to determine if you can get sick with COVID-19 more than once. At this time, it is not known if you can become reinfected. Until more is known, continue to take steps to protect...
The flu has a shorter time from infection to appearance of symptoms (usually about 3 days from when you are infected to when you start showing symptoms). With COVID-19, this time is estimated to be about 5 to 6 days before symptoms appear. It also appears that for...
It can take several years for a new vaccine to be developed. Most vaccines take 10 to 20 years of development, testing and clinical trials before they are approved for public use. More than 100 possible vaccines for COVID-19 are in various stages of development around...
At this time, there are no Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved vaccines to prevent COVID-19 or other coronaviruses. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is working with vaccine developers and other researchers and manufacturers to help with the...
The symptoms of COVID-19 appear to be similar in children and adults. Children with confirmed COVID-19 have generally presented with mild, cold-like symptoms, such as fever, runny nose and cough. Vomiting and diarrhea have also been reported. It’s not known yet...