Five years after COVID-19, we are not immune to a new pandemic, potentially even deadlier than the last. In light of this, ...

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Optimizing telehealth during public health emergencies to minimize in-person appointments puts less burden on patients and may lead to better outcomes, according to Chun Chao, PhD, MS, of Kaiser ...

Although the United States was ranked the world’s most prepared country for a pandemic in 2019, it faltered when the COVID-19 crisis emerged, Ed Yong explained. “What this says to me is that we have ...

Robert Moffit, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Ana Sofia Santiago-Russe is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided researchers with a wealth of information on contemporary successes and failures in combating an emerging pathogen. This study outlines a total of 22 opportunities ...

More than 7 million people have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. When you think about the pandemic, what comes to mind? Was it a moment of fear, hope, or a new way of embracing life ...

This workshop series from the Forum on Microbial Threats assessed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on a whole host of societal sectors. Speakers and panelists from around the world discussed key ...

Six years ago, the Director-General of the World Health Organization sounded the highest global alarm available under international law at the time, declaring the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease ...

BOSTON - Many children missed out on swimming lessons during the pandemic, a new study has found. It's estimated that nearly a thousand kids and teens die from drowning each year. Researchers at Lurie ...

We’ve been living in a quandary: This pandemic is alarmingly complex and amazingly simple. Take this question: Are you likely to find Covid-19 at a party? Yes. That’s the simple answer, around here ...