The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how ill-prepared the world was to detect and respond to global health threats. With over 7·1 million lives lost,1 more than US$4·7 trillion in economic damage,2 profound ...

The data, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also showed a significant increase in COVID-related emergency ...

Despite high healthcare spending, Americans' life expectancy lags behind peer nations, ranking 48th globally. Factors like cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and "diseases of despair" ...

Infections of COVID-19 are growing or likely growing in half of the U.S. as of July 8, according to CDC estimates.

There's an emerging COVID-19 variant in Europe that some medical professionals believe will become the dominant strain in the U.S. The strain, known as XEC, was first detected in Berlin in June, ...

COVID-19 cases and fatalities continue to drop, including fatalities at the lowest since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, but cases are spiking in European nations, including Germany ...

The new guidance removes a large swath of countries that were previously under “do not travel” advisories due to a “very high” spread of COVID-19.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled its new system for travel risk assessments on Monday. Many European nations are now considered at "high" risk for Covid-19, along with ...

The CDC advises that you be up-to-date with your Covid-19 vaccines before traveling to a Level 3 destination. "Up-to-date" includes not only the full initial vaccinations but any boosters for ...