More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds

A new study says the early U.S. COVID-19 death toll is much higher than official counts, and that there were disparities in ...

The US Grossly Undercounted Covid Deaths Early On, Updated Toll Shows

The official death toll of covid-19 between 2020 and 2021 was off by nearly 20%, new research finds. Reading time 3 minutes ...
New York Post

House GOP readies COVID probe as report shows sickness may have hit humans months earlier than thought

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ronny Jackson is gearing up another investigation of the origins of COVID-19 — and wants to bring Dr. Anthony Fauci and a US-based coronavirus researcher credited with working on the ...
KFF Health News

A New Normal: US Marks 6 Years Since Declaring A National Covid Emergency

What's changed, and what hasn't, since President Donald Trump declared the U.S. emergency on March 13, 2020. At the time, nearly 2,000 Americans were infected with the virus. But at-home covid tests ...
CIDRAP

Prepandemic respiratory illness tied to increased risk of long COVID

Adults with prepandemic respiratory conditions, including asthma, bronchitis, and recurrent upper respiratory infections, are ...
Medical Xpress

US excess deaths continue to rise even after the COVID-19 pandemic, study finds

There were over 1.5 million "missing Americans" in 2022 and 2023, deaths that would have been averted if US mortality rates matched those of peer countries. Excess US deaths have been increasing for ...
Medscape

Chronic Pain Prevalence in US Surges to Record High

The prevalence of chronic and high-impact chronic pain increased significantly in US adults from 2019 to 2023, with long COVID accounting for approximately 13% of both increases, new research showed. ...