Five years ago this week, the World Health Organization called the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. In the United States, officials declared a national emergency, triggering travel bans for non-U.S.

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic led to major disruptions in society across many spheres, including healthcare, the economy and social behaviours. While early predictions warned of an increased risk ...

The stress and isolation of the pandemic appears to have caused adolescent brains to have accelerated maturation, with girls brains maturing faster than boys, according to new research. The pandemic ...

A mask lies on a sidewalk. It’s hard to believe it's been five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2020, the disease has killed more than 1.2 million Americans—more than in any other ...

WASHINGTON, May 27-- The R Street Institute issued the following statement by R.J. Lehmann, director of finance of insurance and trade policy, in response to the introduction of the Pandemic Risk ...

Scientists have solved a 1,500-year-old medical mystery—revealing the cause of the "Plague of Justinian" the outbreak that began the world's first known pandemic. Researchers found direct genomic ...