Five years ago today, Boris Johnson announced that the government was taking the unprecedented step of ordering the country into lockdown. “Stay at home”, the nation was told – with no idea that ...

Nurse Lauren Smith checks on medications inside one of her COVID-19 patient's rooms in St. Mary's Hospital at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our ...

A new surge of COVID-19 in the United States — highlighted by President Joe Biden and his health secretary, Xavier Becerra, both testing positive — serves as a fresh reminder that there is still no ...

Throughout the world, COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are surging amid the fourth winter of the pandemic, as the highly infectious and immune-resistant JN.1 variant spreads globally.

The condition has put significant strain on patients and society — at a global economic cost of about $1 trillion a year, a new report estimates. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck has been reporting about ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared COVID-19 a pandemic, pointing to the over 118,000 cases of the coronavirus illness in over 110 countries and territories around the world and ...

Undertaker Steven Ntuli sterilizes his boots after collecting a suspected Covid-19 victim from a government hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 21 July 2020. Undertaker Steven Ntuli sterilizes ...