Coronavirus News

March 23, 2023 — The lack of knowledge regarding long COVID makes it difficult for doctors to counsel patients on how long symptoms will last, why they are experiencing it, or what its actual cause is.

March 18, 2023 — The leader of the World Health Organization said Friday that he expects the organization to declare an end to the COVID-19 pandemic later this year because statistics on the virus keep declining.

March 17, 2023 — Many experts say we have entered a new phase as health care crises seem to have quieted and the public has moved on to endemic behavior. Others say it's too soon to label COVID trajectory predictable.

March 16, 2023 — Pregnancy-related deaths have surged as much as 40% during the pandemic, with the increase entirely linked to COVID-19, according to a pair of new reports. The rise in deaths was most pronounced among Black mothers.

March 16, 2023 — NOVIDS is the term some use to describe those who haven't gotten COVID. But researchers are not overly fond of the word. They're looking for the possible genetic underpinnings to a group of people they prefer to call "resisters."

March 15, 2023 — Three years after COVID-19 rocked the world, the pandemic has evolved into a steady state of commonplace infections, less frequent hospitalization and death, and continued anxiety and isolation for older people and those with weakened immune systems.

March 15, 2023 — With the third anniversary of COVID upon us, various experts give us their takes on the future of COVID-19 and how their perspectives have changed over 3 years.

March 15, 2023 — Our current poll found that almost a third – 30% – of our audience thinks the pandemic has already come to an end, up from 16% a year ago.

March 15, 2023 — More than 3 years into the pandemic, finding out how many Americans have long COVID – and what to about it – has proved to be far harder than identifying those infected with the virus who have recovered or died from it.

March 14, 2023 — New research published in Cortex, links long COVID to face blindness – or prosopagnosia -- the inability to recognize faces.

March 13, 2023 — Black children had almost three times as many COVID-related deaths as white children and about twice as many hospitalizations, according to a new study

March 13, 2023 — Deaths from COVID-19 and official case counts have declined dramatically, compared to the surges seen during the winter of 2021-2022.

March 11, 2023 — The COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, is now three years old.

March 10, 2023 — Those who tested positive with the original virus had a 67% higher risk of developing long COVID, while the chances of developing long COVID among workers whose first infection was with Omicron did not appear to be greater.

March 9, 2023 — Metformin led to a 42% drop in long COVID among people who had a mild to moderate COVID-19 infection.

March 8, 2023 — Some people may have a gene that helps protect them from respiratory diseases like COVID, and helped their ancestors fight the plague. The same gene variation may be linked to an increased risk of autoimmune disease.

March 7, 2023 — New Harvard poll shows that only four in ten Americans believes COVID information from the CDC.

March 7, 2023 — At least 26% of parents lied about their child having COVID-19 or defied public health instructions for their children during the height of the pandemic, according to new survey data.

March 6, 2023 — The system has lost 20% of its workforce over the course of the pandemic, with hospital understaffing at hospitals resulting in burnout and fatigue among frontline medical professionals.

February 25, 2023 — The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for the at-home test Lucira as the first over-the-counter, test that detects both COVID-19 and influenza.

February 21, 2023 — Deaths among prison inmates soared almost 50% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to newly available data.

February 21, 2023 — A new report says people who are experiencing anxiety and depression months after a mild case of COVID may have changes affecting the structure and function of their brains.

February 17, 2023 — COVID-19 remains deadlier than influenza in severe cases requiring hospitalization. People hospitalized with Omicron COVID-19 infections were 54% more likely to die, compared to people hospitalized with the flu.

February 15, 2023 — People who took the antiviral Paxlovid to treat COVID-19 infections were not more likely to get back-to-back bouts of the virus, a new study shows.

February 15, 2023 — A lesser-known concern when recovering from COVID-19 is low blood pressure. Here's what to know.

February 11, 2023 — The New York Department of Health has announced that face masks will no longer be required in hospitals and other health care facilities in New York state regardless of a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status.

February 9, 2023 — Results from a phase III trial of a new COVID-19 treatment showed it reduced the risk of hospitalization or long ER visits by half.

February 8, 2023 — No new COVID-19 variants emerged in China’s recent surge of infections when the country ended its zero-COVID policy, according to an analysis published in The Lancet.

February 7, 2023 — People with healthy lifestyles may be less likely to have prolonged COVID-19 symptoms, a new study suggests.

February 3, 2023 — A new study finds the viruses mutated in deer, which suggests variants had likely been circulating in the animals for many months.

February 2, 2023 — People no longer need a positive COVID-19 test to be prescribed the antiviral medications Paxlovid or Lagevrio.

February 1, 2023 — The Biden administration announced Monday that it will be ending the twin emergency declarations of COVID-19, marking the switch from COVID-19 “pandemic” to “endemic” status. Here's what to know.

February 1, 2023 — Nonstop inflammation and immune problems top the list of potential causes of long COVID, but doctors say it’s growing clear that more than one factor is to blame for the wide swath of often debilitating symptoms that could last months or even years.

January 30, 2023 — Doing so will have many effects, including the end of free vaccines and health services to fight the pandemic. The public health emergency has been renewed every 90 days since it was declared by the Trump administration in January 2020.

January 30, 2023 — The adviser to seven presidents reflects on his career, the highs and lows, and offers advice for staying safe 3 years into the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 28, 2023 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 antibody drug Evusheld because the drug is not effective against the Omicron variants now dominating the nation.

January 27, 2023 — Almost 36% of students and faculty at George Washington University with a history of COVID-19 reported symptoms consistent with long COVID in a new study.

January 26, 2023 — One of New York state’s largest workers' compensation insurers says it paid an average of $17,400 in lost wages and medical costs per person who met its long COVID criteria.

January 21, 2023 — The Navajo Nation ended its COVID-19 mask mandate on Friday, almost three years after it was instituted.

January 20, 2023 — Friday marks the third anniversary of the first case of COVID-19 diagnosed in the U.S.

January 18, 2023 — There’s growing evidence that overexertion and not getting enough rest in that acute phase of COVID-19 infection can worsen longer-term symptoms.

January 17, 2023 — In one of the first looks at how 2022 COVID-19 data compares to prior pandemic years, the virus appears to have been much less deadly.

January 14, 2023 — The CDC and the FDA report that a vaccine database found a possible link between the Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 vaccine and ischemic strokes in people over 65 who got the shot.

January 13, 2023 — Most people with long COVID find they’re facing stigma due to their condition, according to a new report from researchers in the United Kingdom. In short: Relatives and friends may not believe they’re truly sick.

January 13, 2023 — The coronavirus is not going away soon, and that could lead to more dangerous winter surges of respiratory illnesses that will strain the U.S. medical system for years to come, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says.

January 12, 2023 — COVID-19 remained the top-ranked cause of death among law enforcement officers last year.

January 11, 2023 — The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the COVID-19 state of emergency that was instituted in January 2020, Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Wednesday.

January 10, 2023 — Americans 65 and older are dying at disproportionately higher rates from COVID-19. Add to this the yet-to-be-fully appreciated impact of the latest Omicron subvariant on the rise, XBB.1.5, and the future remains anything but certain.

January 9, 2023 — The newest subvariant of Omicron, XBB.1.5, is so transmissible that everybody is at risk of catching it, even if they’ve already been infected and are fully vaccinated, a health expert told USA Today.