Six years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, here’s a snapshot of preparedness at a time of global health funding cuts, policy shifts and the spread of misinformation.

A mask lies on a sidewalk. It’s hard to believe it's been five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2020, the disease has killed more than 1.2 million Americans—more than in any other ...

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 ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Whether it still is depends on who you ask. There are no clear criteria to mark the end of a pandemic, ...

Michael Osterholm, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right, at a briefing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in St. Paul, Minn. Michael Osterholm, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right, ...

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers evaluated the incidence, prevalence, and temporal changes in clinically diagnosed depression and anxiety among ...