COVID-19 pandemic

New national test results show that the pandemic spared no part of the country as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children.

The head of the nation’s top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.

On Thursday, the CDC released adjusted guidelines for the public, dropping some social distancing and quarantine recommendations but still encouraging masking and testing if exposed to COVID-19.

The head of the U.N. body promoting development is warning that the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine have led to “an unprecedented reversal” of decades of progress in combatting global poverty and hunger and ensuring education for children everywhere.

Micronesia has likely become the final nation in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to experience an outbreak of COVID-19.

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts hosted “Celebrate Love: A (Re)Wedding” on Sunday in the pavilion outside the center.

The Pfizer pill, Paxlovid, is intended for people with COVID-19 who are more likely to become seriously ill. Previously only doctors could prescribe the drug

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over” despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments on Sunday that “we lower our guard at our peril.” The U.N. health agency’s director-general told officials gathered in Geneva for the opening of the WHO’s...

The nation’s top infectious disease expert says the coronavirus appears to be making a transition to becoming an endemic disease — occurring regularly in certain areas

Airline mask mandates are no longer in effect — and some plane passengers received that news with cheers in the middle of their flights. Watch the video here.

When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for U.S. health care.

Experts discuss what the next phase of the pandemic might be like

A blockade of the bridge between Canada and Detroit by protesters demanding an end to Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions forced the shutdown Wednesday of a Ford plant and began to have broader implications for the auto industry.

Two nurses working on Long Island are accused of forging official COVID-19 vaccination cards and entering the information into New York’s statewide database — a scheme that allegedly brought in over $1.5 million. The district attorney in Suffolk County announced Friday the arrests of Julie DeVuono, 49, and Marissa Urrao, 44, who worked at Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare in Amityville….

Between the COVID-19 pandemic and overdose deaths topping 2,000 a year, the health care system is being pushed to the brink in Massachusetts. Neighboring states are turning to safe consumption sites to lessen the burden on frontline health workers. NBC10 Boston medical reporter Kristy Lee traveled to Rhode Island where a new law was recently passed that will allow people...

New York City readied to embrace the new year — and bid good riddance to another pandemic-marred 12 months — as it prepared to revive its annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square.

All school sports teams in Wellesley have been suspended until further notice amid a “major increase” in COVID-19 cases on various teams, the athletic department announced.

All school sports teams in Wellesley have been suspended until further notice amid a “major increase” in COVID-19 cases on various teams, the athletic department announced. The department made the decision with the school administration and the town health department. In the last week, the Wellesley school district had 48 new positive tests, most of which were at the high…