R obert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was grilled by Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing on Jan. 29, who confronted him with conspiratorial and conflicting statements he has made about COVID-19.

TOLEDO, Ohio — It has been five years since Covid-19 was officially declared a Global Emergency by the World Health Organization. As of Jan. 2025, more than 7 million people have died from the virus. Dr. Brian Kaminski, VP of medical affairs for ProMedica, said one of the biggest changes is how health care providers communicate with patients.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearing took place on Wednesday, an Akron Press Club panel spoke on Trump's pick, other topical issues.

Babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic had much lower risk for respiratory infections and antibiotic prescriptions during their first 18 months.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health will mark its sixth anniversary as a system this March. Serving eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire

Music students from the Kipp Scholar Academy prepare to participate in the Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19

Monday marks five years since the U.S. recorded its first case of COVID-19. Well over a million Americans died over the next few years. The virus is still with us, of course, and there are new pandemic threats, including bird flu. NPR's Will Stone joins us. Will, thank you for being with us. Sure thing, Scott.

Initially, David Quammen's expert-driven forecast was quietly well-received but garnered little widespread attention. That changed in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought his prediction to life, t

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. Experts expect cases to rise again this winter.

During the first 9 months of the pandemic, Americans reported rates of depression and anxiety six times higher than in 2019, Boston College researchers find Confirming anecdotal evidence that the spread of the coronavirus has strained Americans’ mental ...

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, began in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. The first case of the virus was identified in December 2019 and was linked to a seafood market in ...

An unprecedented freeze on the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report sparks new concerns about political meddling in science.