Omicron, Now 2 Years Old, Is Not Done With Us Yet

The dominant variant of the coronavirus has proved to be not only staggeringly infectious, but an evolutionary marvel.

At Least 2 Million Children Have Lost Medicaid Insurance This Year

Many of the children were eligible for federal aid, experts said, but errors have been common as states “unwind” assistance from earlier in the coronavirus pandemic.

The Unwritten Rules of Riding the Subway in NYC Return

New Yorkers are reacquainting themselves with the subway code — no eye contact; no stinky food — as the city rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic.

Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid

In some patients, remnants of the coronavirus in the gut may stifle production of serotonin, an important neurotransmitter, researchers suggest.

Covid Hero or ‘Lockdown Ron’? DeSantis and Trump Renew Pandemic Politics

The Florida governor has recently highlighted his state’s response to the coronavirus in hopes of striking some distance from Donald Trump.

Jill Biden Tests Negative for Coronavirus

The first lady’s brief Covid episode had threatened to upend President Biden’s trip to a Group of 20 summit in India.

Amid Signs of a Covid Uptick, Researchers Brace for the ‘New Normal’

Infections remain very low, despite signs of a slight increase. Now, experts are looking for clues to what living with the coronavirus will be like this winter and beyond.

Coronavirus Spread Widely in Deer, and Perhaps Back to People, U.S.D.A. Says

From late 2021 to early 2022, humans transmitted the coronavirus to white-tailed deer more than 100 times, research suggests.

Covid: Crisis could trigger coronavirus surge, WHO warns

A highly changed coronavirus variant was found in deer after nearly a year in hiding, researchers suggest

An Omicron-like variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 -- one that appears to be highly divergent from circulating strains and sticks out on a long branch of the virus' family tree -- has been discovered in a population of white-tailed deer in Ontario, Canada, according to a new study.

Studies offer further evidence that the coronavirus pandemic began in animals in Wuhan market

Two preprint studies posted Saturday offer further evidence that the coronavirus originated in animals and spread to humans in late 2019 at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China.

BA.2 is highly mutated compared with the original Covid-causing virus, and new research gives an early look at what scientists are seeing

The BA.2 virus -- a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant -- isn't just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of the key weapons we have against Covid-19, new research suggests.

CNN Poll: Most Biden detractors say he's done nothing they like since becoming president

Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of how Joe Biden is handling his presidency, with most of that group saying there's literally nothing Biden has done since taking office that they approve of. The finding, from a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS in January and February, highlights the entrenched politics driving the nation at the start of the midterm year, with little agreement across party lines on priorities for the government or how to handle the coronavirus pandemic.

Why LGBTQ+ people are worried about the Beijing Winter Games

Last year's Tokyo Olympics are destined to be remembered for many reasons. They took place amid a state of emergency in the Japanese capital -- declared as the city was dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases -- and events were staged with little to no spectators to cheer athletes on.

Opinion: Why this doctor is more optimistic today than at any point since the Covid pandemic began

Although it's possible that deadly new coronavirus variants could emerge, I'm more optimistic today than at any point since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Here's why.

There's optimism that the worst of the pandemic may be ending, but some experts warn not to relax too soon

There is now more optimism that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be ending -- and as other nations lift certain Covid-19 restrictions, some public health experts question whether US counties and cities should consider easing their guidance on mask-wearing or social distancing, as well.

As Europe begins to 'live with the coronavirus,' could US follow?

The UK is charging ahead with its plan to learn to live with the coronavirus, dropping nearly all its remaining restrictions.

During Omicron, disease severity appears to be lower than during other periods of high transmission, according to CDC study

During a period when the Omicron coronavirus variant was dominant, severe outcomes for patients hospitalized with Covid-19 -- including ICU admission, ventilator use and death -- were less common than during Delta or the first winter surge, according to a study published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

IMF slashes US and China growth forecasts

The pandemic will continue to stoke uncertainty and inflation in its third year, undermining the global recovery from the coronavirus and pushing total economic losses toward $14 trillion.

Opinion: The spectacular rise and fall of Aaron Rodgers

This weekend, Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers did get "canceled" -- but it still wasn't by a "woke mob." Remember that the football star claimed last fall that "the woke mob" was trying to "cancel" him in response to misleading comments he'd made about his Covid-19 vaccination status, as well as for peddling unproven ways to treat the coronavirus. Yet it wasn't until Saturday night, after the San Francisco 49ers pulled off a stunning upset to beat Rodgers and his favored Packers in the NFL playoffs, that it became clear just how much public support Rodgers has lost.