Even after that virus died out, it would be years before scientists better understood what happened, and some mystery still ...

Four years later, the shadow of the pandemic continues to play a profound role in voters’ pessimism and distrust amid a presidential rematch. Confidence in the presidency, public schools, the criminal ...

The World Health Organization’s member states are negotiating an agreement to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The pact would not authorize the WHO to mandate vaccines or any ...

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 ...

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided. Others saved millions of lives. By Apoorva Mandavilli Until 2020, few ...

U.S. labor productivity initially surged in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the massive economic upheaval. As the economy recovered, the level of productivity retreated to its slow ...

We’re all tired of trying to keep at least 6 feet away from other people, washing our hands so often they crack and bleed, buying hand sanitizer in bulk from local distilleries, and wearing face ...

In the homestretch of a presidential campaign in the shadow of a once-in-a-century pandemic, Joe Biden has adopted a strategy that would be unthinkable for a candidate in any ordinary year: He’s ...