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New coronavirus variant has experts on alert and WHO is urging countries to step up COVID surveillance
A new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has put epidemiologists around the…
New ‘Eris’ COVID variant is dominant in the U.S., but a shortage of data is making it hard to track
A new variant of COVID-19 dubbed EG.5 has become dominant in the…
COVID pandemic is officially over in the U.S., excess-deaths data show
The COVID-19 pandemic is definitively over, according to two recent reports focused…
World Health Organization declares end to COVID global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to the COVID-19…
WHO counted nearly 20 million new COVID cases in latest month as it shifts from weekly reporting schedule
The World Health Organization said nearly 20 million new COVID cases were…
China stops issuing visas to Japanese and South Korean visitors as spat over test mandates for Chinese tourists widens
China stopped issuing visas for visitors from Japan and South Korea on…
China takes first steps to punish countries that imposed testing mandates for Chinese travelers
China on Tuesday suspended visas for South Koreans to enter the country…
China predicts COVID ‘normalcy’ within months, but experts forecast more than 1 million deaths
China’s closely watched reopening is now causing concern as the number of…
Arkansas governor says he supports the science behind COVID-19 vaccines, as daily U.S. cases hold above 65,000
Outgoing Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is considering a presidential run, took…
Senate votes to scrap COVID vaccine mandate for military
A bill to rescind the COVID vaccine mandate for members of the…
White House preps fresh push to urge COVID preparedness ahead of holidays, including free tests for all households
The White House has unveiled a fresh push to increase COVID preparedness…
With COVID cases rising fast, critics question why there’s no push for face masks in indoor settings
A growing chorus of voices is questioning why there is no concerted…
Omicron subvariants are now dominant in the U.S. as COVID cases tick up and New York City becomes a hot spot
Omicron subvariants continued to account for more new cases of COVID-19 in…
U.S. COVID cases are climbing again as new omicron variants spread
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the U.S. are rising and intensive-care-unit beds…
IMF head joins chorus calling on China to adapt COVID strategy as officials pledge to boost vaccinations among elderly
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday joined the chorus…
China’s zero-COVID strategy makes no sense and its homegrown vaccines are not ‘particularly effective,’ says Fauci
Widespread protests across China over the government’s zero-COVID policy dominated pandemic headlines…
U.S. unlikely to see another late-year omicron wave, but Fauci urges people to get new COVID booster
The U.S. is unlikely to suffer the same surge of COVID-19 infections…
Confused about COVID boosters? Here’s what the science and the experts say about the new generation of shots.
As we head into the third winter of the pandemic, only about…
Pfizer and BioNTech updated booster shows strong results against new omicron sublineages in fresh analysis of data
A fresh analysis of data on the immune response generated by the…