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COVID-19

Published
May 10, 2023

End of COVID emergency highlights U.S. weakness in tracking outbreaks

The winding down of the Biden administration’s coronavirus response highlights long-standing vulnerabilities of system that fails to provide reliable information in disease outbreaks, experts warn.
Published
May 5, 2023

Disease experts warn White House of potential omicron-like wave

Senior officials have emphasized the need to implement more public health protections to guard against the next viral threat, even as political will and funding fade along with the threat of the coronavirus.
Published
May 5, 2023

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer global emergency

The pandemic has been on a downward trend for more than a year, and most countries have returned to life before COVID-19.
Published
May 4, 2023

Covid was fourth leading cause of death in 2022, CDC data shows

The report shows an overall drop of 5.3% in the death rate from all causes, a signal that the country last year had exited the worst phase of the pandemic.
Published
April 16, 2023

COVID is still a leading cause of death as virus recedes

But many Americans dispute the data and the risks of it – much as they have throughout the pandemic.

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Published
March 12, 2023

3 years later, the pandemic cocoon is giving way to social butterflies

Long after Maine's first case of coronavirus, communal activities and gatherings are reaching pre-pandemic levels again, though troubling remnants of isolation persist.
Published
March 1, 2023

Families sue over COVID deaths at Massachusetts veterans home

A similar lawsuit was filed at another state-run veterans home where 84 people died.
Published
March 1, 2023

Families sue over deaths of loved ones at Massachusetts veterans home

Three families are suing and say a total of 31 residents of the Chelsea Soldiers' Home died during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many others were sickened.
Published
February 19, 2023

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end

A federal mandate for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been in place nationally for a year.
Published
February 12, 2023

Office romance in work-from-home era? It’s not as remote as you think

Maybe it's isolation fatigue, but surveys and psychologists suggest workplace relationships could be on the rise and are definitely here to stay.