Coronavirus Pandemic

Officials are already expecting updated COVID-19 vaccines that contain one version of the omicron strain, called XBB.1.5.

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.

A new study has found that individuals who had exposure to the common cold also may have built up pre-exisitng immunity from the genetically related virus, Covid-19.

The next booster is slated to be available in the fall. Here’s what doctors are saying to those wondering if the new shots will be covered by insurance.

If you’ve made it this far without ever getting sick from Covid, you may have your genes to thank. 

More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives.

A new U.S. intelligence report rejects several points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab.

Vaccine manufacturers Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax will be expected to update their shots according to the strain the FDA selects for the fall.

In seeking to quickly spend trillions in relief aid, the government conducted little oversight during the pandemic’s early stages, leading to he greatest grift in US history.

A U.S. study suggests 1 in 10 people are getting long COVID after an omicron infection.

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is resigning. Dr. Rochelle Walensky says the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic is a good time to make a transition. She sent a resignation letter to President Joe Biden and announced the decision at a CDC staff meeting Friday.

The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide.

The Biden administration will end Covid vaccine mandates for federal employees, contractors and air travelers on May 11.