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Share the Coronavirus COVID Storyboard with FriendsNew Covid variant BA.3.2 detected across US, but experts urge vigilance over alarm
The Guardian - 4 Apr 2026 11:00
Strain found in 29 states and Puerto Rico carries spike mutations, but no data shows increased severitySign up for the B...
The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response
BBC - 20 Nov 2025 00:12
The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that ha...
Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine
The New York Times - 5 Sep 2025 01:19
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to authorize pharmacists to provide the vaccine to almost anyone who wants it withou...
Covid inquiry to look at impact on care services
BBC - 30 Jun 2025 03:10
The Covid inquiry will examine the impact of the pandemic on care services, starting on Monday.
Cuomo refuses to apologize for 'disastrous' COVID nursing home policy when faced with grieving son a...
New York Post - 13 Jun 2025 03:05
Cuomo's much-criticized March 25, 2020 COVID-19 policy requiring nursing homes to admit infected patients recovering fro...
Mental Recovery From COVID-19 Symptoms Can Take Up to 9 Months
Discover - 11 Jun 2025 00:00
Learn how much time it takes for patients with COVID symptoms to return to their optimal mental and physical health leve...
New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 Spreads in the U.S., Foreshadowing a Likely Summer Surge
Discover - 10 Jun 2025 00:05
Learn about the new COVID variant, NB.1.8.1, and find out what health officials are saying about its spread this summer.
China blames US for origin of COVID-19 and turning 'deaf ear to the numerous questions over its cond...
Fox News - 1 May 2025 04:20
The United States is to blame for COVID-19, Chinese officials wrote in a paper published Wednesday after the White House...
White House reveals COVID lab leak theory as 'true origins' of pandemic in flashy new website that b...
New York Post - 19 Apr 2025 04:46
COVID.gov, which previously contained information about testing, treatment and vaccination, now redirects to a website t...
WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on
The Guardian - 31 Dec 2024 02:42
'This is a moral and scientific imperative,' World Health Organization says in statement marking five years since Chines...
Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19
ABC News - 13 Sep 2024 15:34
A woman in Austria has been found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-re...
Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts
BBC - 9 Sep 2024 02:04
An anti-corruption charity finds significant concerns in £15.3bn worth of contracts awarded during the pandemic.
COVID's Long Haul: Virus Lingers in Blood Years After Infection
Neuroscience News - 8 Mar 2024 00:08
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can persist in the blood and tissue of some patients for up to two years...
Washington state diverted $340M in federal COVID funds to migrants
New York Post - 4 Feb 2024 04:40
A new report shows how federal COVID funds were used in Washington state to give $1,000 checks to illegal immigrants who...
Federal agencies refuse to cooperate with Florida grand jury investigating COVID-19 vaccines, interi...
New York Post - 3 Feb 2024 05:45
None of the federal agencies involved in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines have been forthcoming with information, th...
New COVID-19 variant JN.1 spikes ahead of holidays
New York Post - 20 Dec 2023 15:59
JN.1 is now causing about 20 percent of new coronavirus infections in the US.
As COVID numbers rise, public health officials call for vigilance against respiratory viruses
Chicago Tribune - 23 Nov 2023 01:57
IDPH also asks residents to skip holiday gatherings if they have symptoms of respiratory infections.
COVID-19 Cases Are on the Rise: Order Your Free Test-at-Home Kits Today - CNET
CNET - 14 Oct 2023 11:00
Ordering your free COVID tests through the USPS will take you just two minutes.
Fauci adviser who allegedly 'deleted federal records' subpoenaed in House COVID-19 origins probe
New York Post - 14 Oct 2023 04:59
A longtime top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose been accused of deleting federal records, has been subpoenaed by the ...
Florida family sentenced for selling bleach as COVID-19 cure out of fake church
New York Post - 8 Oct 2023 01:56
A father and three sons face five to 12 years in prison for selling "Mineral Miracle Solution" out of a fake church, ass...
Tests may be able to identify prolonged COVID symptoms in the future: Scientists
ABC News - 27 Sep 2023 02:53
Scientists say some tests may be able to identify the markers of prolonged COVID symptoms in the future.
Free COVID tests available again; Chicago hospitalizations rise
Chicago Tribune - 26 Sep 2023 01:29
Though Chicago remains at a "low" COVID-19 risk level, the city's hospitalizations rose 30% last week, according to CDPH...
Biden administration orders $600M in COVID tests to deliver to households
New York Post - 21 Sep 2023 02:56
The Biden administration will once again provide US households with free at-home COVID-19 tests ahead of the colder fall...
COVID, RSV and influenza likely to impact healthcare system this year: CDC
ABC News - 15 Sep 2023 02:29
This year's respiratory virus season is set to be a repeat of last year's, with COVID-19, RSV and influenza impacting th...
Fraudulent unemployment payments doled out during COVID up to $135B: watchdog
New York Post - 13 Sep 2023 03:15
The study doubles the original Goverment Accountability Office's estimate provided to the House Ways and Means Committee...
Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, president negative
New York Post - 5 Sep 2023 03:32
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and President Biden's test results have come back negative,...
Biggest surge in Covid deaths this year: Number dying due to virus jumps 57% in a week - with expert...
Daily Mail - 30 Aug 2023 16:12
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 74 people died due to the virus in the seven days to August...
China won't require COVID-19 testing for incoming travelers starting Wednesday
ABC News - 28 Aug 2023 15:51
China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a milestone in its reopening to the...
371 charged with stealing $836M in COVID funds - including gang members who paid for murder: DOJ
New York Post - 24 Aug 2023 02:53
Some fraudsters used the funds -- meant to help struggling citizens and business owners -- to pay for murder-for-hire pl...
Over 3,100 Charged with Pandemic Relief Fraud, Justice Department Says
The New York Times - 23 Aug 2023 16:30
The department outlined several cases, including one in which the defendants were accused of using fraudulently obtained...
COVID rates are climbing but nowhere near what they were. This year's story is different.
USA Today - 9 Aug 2023 14:34
COVID rates are rising in much of the country. But with vaccines, treatments and prevention tools, the pandemic looks ve...
Studies for Long COVID Treatments Are Finally Getting Underway
Time - 1 Aug 2023 16:11
The National Institutes of Health announced new clinical trials to test potential treatments for Long COVID, which has b...
COVID data indicates surge in cases - and one part of England has UK's highest infection rate
Sky News - 29 Jul 2023 12:44
The COVID pandemic is long gone, but we are still being stalked by the virus.
4 members of a Florida family are convicted of selling a fake COVID-19 cure through online church
ABC News - 20 Jul 2023 02:49
Four members of a Florida family have been convicted of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure throug...
COVID-19 Super Dodgers: The Genetic Secret to Asymptomatic Infection
Neuroscience News - 20 Jul 2023 00:16
ertain individuals carry a unique gene variant that allows them to contract COVID-19 without displaying any symptoms. Du...
One in five doctors with long COVID forced to stop working or cut back hours
Sky News - 4 Jul 2023 00:09
Doctors who contracted COVID-19 on the frontline and are still living with the ongoing symptoms of the virus have been l...
Chicago pharmacist convicted of stealing, selling COVID-19 vaccination cards: DOJ
ABC News - 27 Jun 2023 01:20
A Chicago area pharmacist was convicted of stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccination cards, the Justice Department annou...
US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents
ABC News - 24 Jun 2023 04:06
A new U.S. intelligence report rejects several points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab
Director of National Intelligence releases declassified COVID report
Daily Mail - 24 Jun 2023 03:43
The Director of National Intelligence on Friday released to Congress their long-awaited report into Intelligence Communi...
COVID Inquiry calls for public to share stories of how pandemic affected them
Sky News - 8 Jun 2023 02:57
Members of the public have been urged to share their experiences of how the coronavirus pandemic affected them to help s...
COVID-19: Government 'too slow' to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud
Sky News - 6 Jun 2023 04:36
The government is still being "too slow" to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud and error over the pandemic, MPs have s...
People who got used to face masks during COVID attend smiling lessons
Sky News - 5 Jun 2023 03:01
People in Japan who became so used to wearing face masks during the pandemic are signing up for lessons to teach them ho...
Covid lab leak theory should not be ruled out, top Chinese scientist says
The Guardian - 30 May 2023 15:51
Virologist George Gao also states for first time that China has investigated claim virus came from a laboratory The form...
What is long COVID? 12 defining symptoms revealed
New York Post - 26 May 2023 02:27
"This study is an important step toward defining long COVID beyond any one individual symptom," said study author Dr. Le...
Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO
The Guardian - 5 May 2023 16:31
Declaration a major step towards end of pandemic that has killed more than 6.9m people The Covid-19 pandemic, which has ...
China's top doc George Fu Gao 'not optimistic' COVID origins will ever be revealed: report
New York Post - 15 Apr 2023 04:25
"The whole area is too sensitive. There is too much politicization. We must focus on science," Dr. George Fu Gao said.
Ukraine war: In Kyiv, top officials shrug off US documents leak
BBC - 15 Apr 2023 02:21
Officials in Kyiv tell the BBC recent leaks of US intelligence didn't reveal any important information.
Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts
ABC News - 11 Apr 2023 04:17
The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended
White House to invest $5 billion in next-generation COVID vaccines. Here's why we need new ones.
USA Today - 11 Apr 2023 03:11
Like Operation Warp Speed, Project NextGen will involve public-private collaborations to speed up the development of new...
2 babies born with brain damage after moms tested positive for COVID-19 during pregnancy, study reve...
New York Post - 8 Apr 2023 03:21
The babies did not test positive for the virus themselves, but had high levels of COVID antibodies in their blood, resea...
COVID vaccine nasal spray shows strong immune response in study: 'Could be a game changer'
New York Post - 7 Apr 2023 04:33
A new study has shown promising results for a nasal COVID-19 vaccine, according to researchers at the Institute of Virol...
Senate votes to end COVID-19 emergency, White House says Biden won't veto bill
New York Post - 30 Mar 2023 04:26
The resolution passed the upper chamber in a 68-23 vote, with 21 Democrats joining Republicans in support of the bill.
COVID-19 death rates varied dramatically across US, major analysis finds
ABC News - 23 Mar 2023 02:36
A new analysis published Monday found COVID-19 deaths varied dramatically across the U.S. with Arizona having the highes...
Biden orders release of intelligence on potential links between Covid and Wuhan lab
The Guardian - 21 Mar 2023 04:18
Move poses political risk for US president, who has a difficult relationship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping A b...
US to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China
ABC News - 8 Mar 2023 04:47
The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday
House intel committee OKs bill to declassify COVID-19 origin report
New York Post - 8 Mar 2023 03:35
The House Intelligence Committee passed its version of a Senate-approved bill that would force the Biden administration ...
New emails show Dr. Anthony Fauci commissioned scientific paper in Feb. 2020 to disprove Wuhan lab l...
New York Post - 6 Mar 2023 02:07
New emails uncovered by House Republicans probing the COVID-19 pandemic reveal the deceptive nature of Dr. Anthony Fauci...
WHO calls on US to share information on Covid-19 origins after China lab claims
The Guardian - 4 Mar 2023 03:57
World Health Organization's director general says the politicisation of research into Covid's origins was making the sci...
Biden abruptly bails on reporters when asked about COVID origins
New York Post - 4 Mar 2023 01:33
President Biden grew flustered and abruptly ended a press gaggle before it began Friday when asked about the origins of ...
Spy chiefs face calls to release data on Covid origins amid FBI theory virus leaked from Chinese lab
Daily Mail - 2 Mar 2023 02:48
British spy chiefs faced calls yesterday to release intelligence on the origins of Covid-19 and end a 'conspiracy of sil...
China slams COVID lab-leak theory, accuses FBI of 'politicizing' issue
New York Post - 1 Mar 2023 16:42
China's Foreign Ministry accused the FBI of "discrediting" the country by talking up the lab-leak theory.
Hong Kong Mask Mandate, One of World's Last, Will End
The New York Times - 28 Feb 2023 05:44
As of Wednesday, residents will no longer be required to wear masks indoors, outdoors or on public transportation.
Japan to ease COVID border measures for travelers from China
ABC News - 27 Feb 2023 15:00
Japan is easing its coronavirus border measures for tourists from China beginning Wednesday by testing only random passe...
There were over 600 excess deaths in doctors during 1st years of COVID pandemic
ABC News - 9 Feb 2023 02:13
From March 2020 to December 2021, 622 more physicians died than expected, according to a recently released study.
Mass. reports 5,160 COVID-19 cases and 112 deaths from the past week
Boston - 3 Feb 2023 03:52
The seven-day average of positive test results continues to drop from 9.35% to 8.31%. The post Mass. reports 5,160 COVID...
Biden to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11
USA Today - 31 Jan 2023 02:34
Ending the COVID-19 health emergencies marks a return to normalcy nearly three years after the pandemic was first declar...
WHO says Covid-19 remains a global health emergency, but pandemic is at a 'transition point'
CNN - 30 Jan 2023 13:44
Covid-19 remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Monday, but it acknowledged the pandem...
China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths
ABC News - 14 Jan 2023 14:53
China has reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was fail...
Long COVID symptoms 'resolve in a year' for most with mild illness
Sky News - 12 Jan 2023 03:51
Long COVID sufferers who had a mild bout of the virus should expect their symptoms to resolve within a year, researchers...
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 319 of the invasion
The Guardian - 8 Jan 2023 03:38
At least three killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine despite Moscow's self-declared ceasefire; UK says fighting continued...
EU to require travellers from China to take pre-departure Covid tests
The Guardian - 4 Jan 2023 13:52
Bloc's tougher entry requirements come despite warnings from Beijing of retaliation The European Union is expected to re...
Nearly 28% Of Mainland China Arrivals At Taiwan's Busiest Airport Test Positive For Covid Sunday
Forbes - 2 Jan 2023 13:45
A wave of Covid outbreaks in mainland China are leading to increased testing of travelers from the country.
Taiwan willing to offer help to China to deal with Covid-19 surge
CNN - 1 Jan 2023 05:31
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said the self-ruled democratic island is willing to provide assistance to help China dea...
New COVID variant XBB.1.5 rapidly spreading in US, CDC data shows
New York Post - 1 Jan 2023 04:55
A new Omicron variant is taking over the US just in time for the new year, data shows.
Autopsies Show COVID-19 Virus in Brain and Elsewhere in Body
Neuroscience News - 1 Jan 2023 01:01
Autopsy tissue samples of 44 people who died of COVID-19 showed SAR-CoV-2, the virus responsible for coronavirus, spread...
China Covid: experts estimate 9,000 deaths a day as US says it may sample wastewater from planes
The Guardian - 30 Dec 2022 05:04
Infectious disease experts believe strategy more effective in slowing virus spread than new travel restrictions, as heal...
No plans for mandatory COVID-19 testing of arrivals from China, UK gov says
Sky News - 29 Dec 2022 02:32
There are no plans to introduce mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals from China, a UK government spokesperson has said.
US will require travelers from China show proof of negative COVID test
New York Post - 29 Dec 2022 00:51
Passengers two years and older will be required to show a negative PCR or antigen test taken within two days before depa...
China hospitals 'extremely busy' amid surging wave of Covid infections
The Guardian - 28 Dec 2022 06:08
Health workers report huge jump in mostly elderly Covid patients as China adjusts to living largely without virus restri...
'Tragic Battle': On the Front Lines of China's Covid Crisis
The New York Times - 27 Dec 2022 12:17
Medical staff are outnumbered and working sick as the nation's health care system buckles under the strain of a spiralin...
Covid Is Spreading Rapidly in China, New Signs Suggest
The New York Times - 25 Dec 2022 14:51
Even as official figures from the central government remain low, regional numbers point to explosive outbreaks and overs...
China estimates 37 million infected with COVID in a single day
New York Post - 23 Dec 2022 16:29
Minutes from an internal meeting of the National Health Commission (NHC) revealed that as many as 248 million people - n...
Shocking video shows morgues overflowing in China as Covid surges
CNN - 23 Dec 2022 04:31
Morgues and crematoriums in China are overflowed as Covid rages through the country despite no reporting on new Covid de...
China 'behind the curve' in reporting Covid surge, WHO says
The Guardian - 22 Dec 2022 04:57
Officially there are relatively low numbers of intensive care cases but 'anecdotally ICUs are filling up' China may be s...
'Too early to declare end of COVID pandemic' amid fears of devastating wave in China
Sky News - 21 Dec 2022 13:34
Scientists have warned it could be too early to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic amid fears of a potentially dev...
China reports 1st COVID deaths in weeks -- and experts say the toll may only rise
ABC News - 20 Dec 2022 01:19
China reported its first COVID-19 deaths in weeks Monday, but experts say the number may only rise as the country experi...
2 COVID-19 deaths reported in Beijing as virus surges
ABC News - 19 Dec 2022 06:36
Chinese health authorities have reported the nation's first COVID-19 deaths in more than two weeks
China's cities fall quiet amid warning of three Covid waves over winter
The Guardian - 19 Dec 2022 05:47
Chief epidemiologist says China is in the first of an expected three waves of Covid cases, despite official figures show...
Thailand's king, queen test positive for COVID-19
ABC News - 17 Dec 2022 13:42
Thailand’s king and queen have tested positive for COVID-19, and so far have only mild symptoms
US court rejects maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions
New York Post - 17 Dec 2022 09:50
Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on t...
New Covid Booster Shots Cut Risk of Hospitalization by Half, CDC Reports
The New York Times - 17 Dec 2022 01:41
The research was conducted in part when older variants of the coronavirus were spreading. Other factors may have influen...
Hospital admissions for flu overtake those for COVID-19 for first time since pandemic began
Sky News - 16 Dec 2022 06:36
Hospital admissions for flu in England have overtaken admissions for COVID-19 for the first time since the coronavirus p...
Number of people in hospital with Covid in England rises 22% in a week
The Guardian - 15 Dec 2022 15:45
Figure rises from 5,501 people on 7 December to 6,720 on 14 December, according to NHS data The number of people in hosp...
Holiday season bringing another rise in COVID-19
Chicago Tribune - 10 Dec 2022 13:00
The increase this year in COVID-19 cases has been accompanied by surging cases of flu and other respiratory viruses.
Congress Poised to Repeal Covid Vaccine Mandate for Troops
The New York Times - 7 Dec 2022 04:55
Republicans and Democrats agreed to roll back the requirement as part of an $857 billion military policy measure, acting...
Reviews find misuse of COVID-19 hotel stays by prison staff
ABC News - 7 Dec 2022 04:03
Continuing state investigations have found at least 35 instances where Connecticut Department of Correction employees po...
New Zealand launches inquiry into its coronavirus response
ABC News - 5 Dec 2022 13:34
New Zealand is launching a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it made the right decisions in battling COVID-19 and how it...