Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike any of them. Credit...Katherine Lam Supported by By Gina Kolata Five years ...

As the sixth anniversary of the WHO pandemic declaration passes with total media silence, wastewater data, excess death estimates and new research on Long COVID reveal an ongoing public health ...

Worcester had 880 confirmed and probable COVID deaths from Jan. 1, 2020 to Feb. 26, 2025. The city had 71,615 confirmed and probable COVID infections during the pandemic. Just 16% of city residents ...

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, ...

In coronavirus, we have discovered a memory-resistant strain of pandemics. March 6, 2025 at 7:45 a.m. ESTToday at 7:45 a.m. EST Warning: This graphic requires ...

Mr. Kenny is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and the author of “The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease.” You may remember that a pandemic began ...

Long gone are the mask mandates, stay-at-home orders and even the strangely empty toilet paper shelves. But five years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended life in Ohio and across the globe, its impact ...

Outbreaks of new types of infections and, yes, even pandemics are becoming increasingly likely, and we need to prepare for not only the next one but also its long-lasting physical and mental effects, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Health officials are warning that the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak, also known as COVID-19, has the potential to become a global pandemic. A pandemic will expose everyone to an ...

Throughout history, the deadliest disease outbreaks and pandemics have decimated societies, killing millions. From the Black ...