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.

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, ...

Author’s note: Last week, Sen. Ron Johnson (R. Wis.), the chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a majority staff interim report titled “Failure to Warn: How Federal ...

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, ...

One thing certain about the COVID vaccine right now is that everything about it is changing. New rules are causing confusion over who can and who can't get the updated COVID-19 shot. Health Secretary ...

If you want a covid-19 shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime ...

This is a major update to a story that was first published earlier in September. It reflects what readers need to know after an important vaccine advisory panel met on Thursday and Friday. Getting a ...

A New Jersey nurse at Mt. Sinai Hospital shared some pizza with co-workers back in March 2020. But they also unwittingly shared the COVID-19 virus, said one of them, Aliza Parver. And she got so sick ...

The Vermont Department of Health has stopped including data on Covid-19 cases and deaths in its weekly surveillance reports. The department posted on its website on Feb. 19 that Covid data reporting ...

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of financial technology worldwide, including in many African countries, but it also ...

This is the time of year when updated boosters for COVID-19 are typically available. But this year has been anything but typical. Here’s a look at what we know about where to get the shot in Oregon ...