How would the world cope if another infectious disease with pandemic potential were to emerge, as COVID-19 did five years ago? The answer is, we simply don’t know. In some respects, there are ...

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, and four days later, U.S. states began to order shutdowns and travel restrictions. By the end of the month ...

It's been five years since COVID-19 started to sweep the globe, sparking lockdowns, infecting communities and claiming millions of lives. But for an event of its scale, the way the pandemic has ...

Eileen Yam and Giancarlo Pasquini contributed to this chapter. Five years after the pandemic began, Americans largely see COVID-19 through the rear-view mirror. Overall, they don’t feel the virus is ...

During their conversation, co-host Sunny Hostin pointed out that Gates expressed his concern about a pandemic long before COVID-19 even happened. “The pandemic, sadly, was fairly predictable ...

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, began in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. The first case of the virus was identified in December 2019 and was linked to a seafood market in ...

Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a brief moment of radical unity. Huddled in our homes, we rallied. We sewed masks, delivered groceries to neighbors in need, and spun up mutual aid ...

The COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench in Dr. Peter Butt's retirement plans. Not because of an influx in patients infected with the new virus — but because he pivoted to an inpatient addiction ...

Another coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, has been discovered in China and is “strikingly similar to the pandemic virus” and ... intended to protect against COVID-19 and its variants include Moderna ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. In a small study, patients with the syndrome were ...

As the world continues to grapple with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic (and the threat of a broader outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza virus or other pathogens), addressing the root causes of ...