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Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and at-home test results are a few reasons why experts think the current case numbers may be big underestimations.
 

For those who are eligible, is a second booster worth it? And are those who are ineligible missing out—especially during a fifth COVID wave, with yet another predicted by the White House this fall and winter?
 

Understanding the death toll — who makes up the one million and how the country failed them — is essential as the pandemic continues.
 

More than $170 billion in Covid-19 relief funds the federal government allotted to struggling hospitals during the pandemic helped healthcare facilities stay afloat by offsetting major financial losses due to the coronavirus, a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found.
 

As the nation approaches a grim milestone, public and political will to do much about the disease has faded. But absent health measures, the devastation could have been far worse.
 

President Joe Biden is set to address world leaders at a virtual summit on ways to combat the pandemic as the U.S. reaches the long-dreaded milestone.

COVID-19 has surpassed the U.S. death toll of the 1918 influenza outbreak by a third, and it’s still killing hundreds each day.
 

A cache of more than 1.4 million newly released records exposes the inner workings of the nation’s largest opioid manufacturer.

COVID-19 cases continue to pile up in Maryland and the state’s positivity rate hovers above 6%. But even as cases rise, the risk of serious illness remains low.
Shaun Truelove and Niljanjan Chatterjee are featured.

Rising COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations likely mean we're in a new phase of the pandemic. And the number of Americans dying from COVID-19 is also anticipated to grow, although the surge in the short term is not expected to look like previous waves.
David Dowdy and Priya Duggal are quoted. 

The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States work. But how well they work, by what metrics and for whom … that’s all unfortunately in flux.
 

The past two pandemic summers saw a spike in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and death, but this season may be different. While health experts expect cases to rise, they don't think there will be a wave as devastating as the previous two summers or the recent omicron surge.