COVID-19

How rumors, travel, and politics help infectious diseases flourish.

Gain-of-function research can help science get ahead of potential threats—but is it too much of a risk?

A new report offers guidance for restoring public trust in CDC, with the understanding that much of the power to do so lies outside the agency’s walls.

Lab leak or spillover event? While it’s important to understand how the pandemic started, we should be working now to prevent both scenarios—either of which could spark a future pandemic.

Long COVID may offer insights into other vexing post-acute illnesses.

Findings demonstrated early treatment using convalescent plasma was effective in treating COVID-19 outpatients.

Infectious microbes constantly emerge and constantly mutate. To survive, we need extraordinary science and scientists.

Answers to common questions about the bivalent booster, including “Do I really need to get it?”

Roundly seen as a triumph of self-interest and collective failure, the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic proved that countries must prepare for a more coordinated, equitable effort before the next pandemic strikes.

Why COVID is surging in China after three years of strict prevention measures.

XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible variant of COVID-19 yet. As 2023 begins, it’s causing the majority of cases in the U.S., but we aren’t seeing a surge like omicron caused last winter.

Looking back at the biggest public health headlines of the year, from gun violence and reproductive rights to humanitarian and environmental crises. Plus: What to expect in 2023.

As year three of the COVID-19 era draws to a close, pandemic experts weigh in on the good, the bad, and the unknown of COVID-19 in 2022—and look ahead to 2023.

Research teams considered booster rates and potential new variants in their latest COVID-19 projections—which cover months when RSV and the flu could also send many people to the hospital.

As COVID-19 slowly loosens its grip on India, it leaves in its wake more than half a million deaths, damaged health infrastructure, financial duress, and mountains of discarded personal protective equipment.