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World Health Organization WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press briefing at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2023.
World Health Organization WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press briefing at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2023.
COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency, WHO says
May 05
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CDC Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky gives Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent rare access inside the CDC's Emergency Operations Center in Atlanta, Dec. 8, 2021
CDC Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky gives Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent rare access inside the CDC's Emergency Operations Center in Atlanta, Dec. 8, 2021
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky leaving agency, Biden says
May 05
  • End of public health emergency leads CDC to change COVID surveillance
  • Public health leaders warn dwindling COVID data risks less prep for 'next outbreak'
    • Matt Miller/ABC

    Latest Coronavirus Video

    Latest Coronavirus Video

    • Feds to pause free COVID-19 test program. Can you still get them?

      Feds to pause free COVID-19 test program. Can you still get them?

      Aug 29, 2022
    Moderna pharmaceutical and biotechnology company's CEO Stephane Bancel speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Jan. 18, 2023.
    Moderna pharmaceutical and biotechnology company's CEO Stephane Bancel speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Jan. 18, 2023.
    Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for consumers, even those uninsured
    Feb 15
  • There were over 600 excess deaths in doctors during 1st years of COVID pandemic
  • What the end of the COVID-19 emergencies in the US means
    • Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images, FILE
    Dr. Joseph Varon hugs and comforts a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center, Nov. 26, 2020 in Houston.
    Dr. Joseph Varon hugs and comforts a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center, Nov. 26, 2020 in Houston.
    Thousands of Americans have died from long COVID, CDC data shows
    Dec 14
  • 1 million COVID-19 deaths highlight racial disparities
  • COVID-19's negative impact on caregivers and 4 ways to help them
    • Go Nakamura/Getty Images, FILE

    Pandemic: A Nation Divided

    Pandemic: A Nation Divided

    Health workers wearing personal protective equipment are seen inside the molecular laboratory facility set up by the Tamil Nadu Health Department to test the Monkeypox virus in Chennai, India, July 28, 2022.
    Health workers wearing personal protective equipment are seen inside the molecular laboratory facility set up by the Tamil Nadu Health Department to test the Monkeypox virus in Chennai, India, July 28, 2022.
    After COVID and monkeypox, experts say outbreaks threaten people everywhere
    Aug 24
  • Here's why relaxed COVID restrictions won't bring workers back to the office
  • What’s behind lingering COVID brain fog?
    • Sri Loganathan/ZumaPress, FILE
    A box of ivermectin is shown in a pharmacy as pharmacists work in the background, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Georgia.
    A box of ivermectin is shown in a pharmacy as pharmacists work in the background, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Georgia.
    Ivermectin does not reduce risk of hospitalization for COVID: Study
    Mar 30
  • Group of physicians combats misinformation surrounding unproven COVID-19 treatments
  • Unproven against COVID-19, ivermectin is still easily accessible through telemedicine
    • Mike Stewart/AP, FILE
    Heather-Elizabeth Brown was hospitalized with COVID-19 in suburban Detroit, April 2020.
    Heather-Elizabeth Brown was hospitalized with COVID-19 in suburban Detroit, April 2020.
    'COVID has taken a lot from me': Inside one long hauler's recovery
    May 13
  • ABC News special explores mental health crisis among youth amid COVID-19
  • Teen reflects on recovering from pandemic-related mental health struggles
    • Courtesy Heather-Elizabeth Brown
    Children arrive at school in New York, March 7, 2022.
    Children arrive at school in New York, March 7, 2022.
    COVID-19 may have impacted our children’s learning progress in school: Study
    Jan 30
  • 'Teachers are exhausted and wiped out,' high school counselor says in viral message
    • Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images, FILE
    A child is treated for the coronavirus disease at the Children's Hospital of Georgia in Augusta, Ga., Jan. 15, 2022.
    A child is treated for the coronavirus disease at the Children's Hospital of Georgia in Augusta, Ga., Jan. 15, 2022.
    Researchers are studying long COVID in kids -- here's what they know so far
    Jun 16
  • COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5: Pediatricians answer parents' questions
    • Hannah Beier/Reuters, FILE
    Rowena Salas, 32, meets her son Oliver for the first time, 98 days after his birth, on March 3, 2022, at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.
    Rowena Salas, 32, meets her son Oliver for the first time, 98 days after his birth, on March 3, 2022, at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.
    Mom meets son 98 days after giving birth, battling COVID-19
    Mar 22
  • Parents name baby boy after doctor who treated mom for COVID-19
  • Mom urges masks in school after son experiences rare COVID-19 complication
    • Courtesy HCA Healthcare's Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center

    What you need to know about coronavirus

    What you need to know about coronavirus