States are spending billions of dollars of federal pandemic relief funds on infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and public buildings

A scientist who built a global COVID-19 website received this year's Lasker award for public service

First of its kind guidance for diagnosing and treating long COVID was released this week.

The National Center for Education Statistics recently reported that math and reading test results among America’s 9-year-olds plummeted during the pandemic.

COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have not dramatically risen since students returned to school, but experts said testing has also declined, which could be masking infections.

Canada is lifting all of its COVID-19-related entry restrictions, effective Saturday, government officials announced.

But experts said testing data is not as robust as it was during the last two school years.

On average, approximately 390,000 shots are going into arms each day across the country.

As the U.S. heads into the fall and winter months, when COVID-19 cases typically surge, experts weigh in on whether or not masks should return.

In most U.S. cities, only health care environments still require mask mandates.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that the U.S. is certainly in a "very different place" in terms of the pandemic, compared to one or two years ago.

ABC's Terry Moran presses CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on the latest booster shots and how the CDC handled the public health emergency.

Although the daily death rates have ticked down slightly from August, the U.S. is still losing hundreds of Americans to the virus every day.

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II

President Joe Biden's contention that the COVID-19 "pandemic is over" is complicating Senate Democrats' efforts to secure Republicans for relief funding

A new CDC report found that 80% of pregnancy-related deaths, which can occur up to one year after delivery, are preventable.

Though numbers may be down, the COVID-19 pandemic is not completely gone, experts say.

During an interview Sunday, President Joe Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be over. Public health experts say this is not the case.

Cities from Anchorage to New Orleans are shuttering their pandemic-era hotels that were used to house the homeless as funding dwindles and leases run out

To optimize protection ahead of another pandemic winter, Dr. Ashish Jha says people should consider getting the newly-updated COVID-19 booster before Halloween.

In the U.S., about 50% of wastewater sites with available data are showing increases in the presence of COVID-19 in their sampling.

The U.S. is currently averaging just under 400 COVID-19 related deaths.

The head of the World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus deaths last week was the lowest reported number in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak

Almost 500 students at China's premier college for broadcast journalists have been sent to a quarantine center after a handful of COVID-19 cases were detected in their dormitory

Philippine officials say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of masks outdoors across the country more than two years after it was imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic

"We can't deal with pandemics with Band-Aids. Meaning after waiting until diseases show up, and then trying to figure out how to solve them."

There are 10 states with low full vaccination rates across the United States.

The Biden administration has secured over 170 million doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccine shots.

Last week, more than 90,600 additional child COVID-19 cases were reported, an increase of 14% from two weeks prior, according to a new report.

Last week, more than 90,600 additional child COVID-19 cases were reported, an increase of 14% from two weeks prior, according to a new report.

Philippine officials say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of masks outdoors across the country more than two years after it was imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic

What you need to know about 'original antigenic sin' with fall COVID boosters around the corner

Federal data shows that there has been little to no growth in the different proportions of COVID-19 variants in the country over the last five weeks.

China has locked down 65 million citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays

More than two years after the pandemic began millions of Americans report being left with debilitating symptoms that have kept them home from work.

For the first time, booster shots are being tailored to fight more than one strain of COVID-19 -- both the original virus and the omicron variant.

A few thousand locations across the country are offering new Pfizer and Moderna booster shots, designed to target the most recent variants.

The White House asking lawmakers for $22.4 billion for COVID vaccines and treatments.

Life expectancy in the U.S. dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021.

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization described as a “welcome decline” at a media briefing on Wednesday

The academy is disenrolling seven cadets for failing to comply with the mandate.

Data shows COVID-19 cases in Chicago public schools during the first week are triple among students and quadruple among adults compared to the first week last year.

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton answers your health questions and shares her daily prescription for wellness.

Unvaccinated NBA players and team personnel must submit to weekly COVID-19 testing this season

With relaxed COVID-19 protocols, experts say it’s not surprising cases are on the rise.

The Biden administration is suspending its free COVID-19 test program due to funding running out.

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday in a "rebound" case, her office said.

North Korea says the latest fever cases detected in its border region with China were tested to be influenza, not coronavirus infections as initially feared

ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos spoke with education reporter Anya Kamenetz about her new book “The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, And Where We Go Now.”

North Korea says it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19