COVID

Mathematician Abba Gumel uses calculations and models to prepare for future disease outbreaks

With millions of people affected and at least $1 trillion of economic value at stake, long COVID is our next national health emergency

Uncertain funding means wastewater surveillance programs could close in the future

Unlike other senses, smell is not something doctors routinely test for—but some scientists think that should change

Stress on health care facilities might have accelerated outbreaks of the hard-to-treat yeast Candida auris

Flu and COVID symptoms are easily confused. A new home test—the first for flu—tells them apart in minutes

The World Health Organization declared the COVID outbreak a pandemic three years ago. Here’s what’s changed since then

House Republicans have kicked off an investigation into how the pandemic began with witnesses who largely favor a lab origin

Intelligence reports supporting the lab-leak theory for COVID are not based in science

After Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and other major tragedies, the U.S. has examined itself to see how to prevent the next catastrophe. We need to do the same for the COVID pandemic

Pregnant people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit or die than those who are uninfected, but vaccination significantly reduces the risk

When the U.S.’s national public health emergency for COVID expires on May 11, some costs will shift to the private sector and consumers