The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared COVID-19 a pandemic, pointing to the over 118,000 cases of the coronavirus illness in over 110 countries and territories around the world and ...

A dismantled health infrastructure leaves the U.S. incredibly vulnerable, warns infectious-disease expert Michael Osterholm.

SAN FRANCISCO -- As California becomes the first U.S. state to adopt an "endemic" approach to COVID-19, we take a closer look at what becoming "endemic" means and if virus levels have truly ...

Researchers summarize key insights from the world’s first comprehensive investigation into how a pandemic started.

Early in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists predicted the coronavirus would mutate slowly. They were wrong. Hundreds of thousands of viral mutations and multiple seasonal waves later, ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still learning from it, from the way we handle worldwide shutdowns to how we work and communicate with each other about public health. Dr. Michelle ...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need for clear communication, robust scientific research, and proactive engagement with the public to combat misinformation. Social media's role in ...

There's an unsung success story about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. At its outset, U.S. hospitals faced huge ...

Five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, is it really here to stay? Alin Luna via Unsplash Now five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time to ask the question of whether ...

Medicare beneficiaries with cardiovascular disease or risk factors had increased mortality rates and fewer hospitalizations ...