The Coronavirus Outbreak

Unregulated wild animal markets increase the risk of more epidemics

New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work

The FDA has authorized a second updated COVID booster for older people and immunocompromised individuals. Most healthy adults still have to wait

Recently released data from samples of the COVID-causing virus SARS-CoV-2 at the market where many early cases of the disease occurred suggest animals were present but stop short of proving that they were infected and transmitted the virus to humans

Bird flu outbreaks are a numbers game, and the numbers are turning against us

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