The fifth anniversary of COVID-19 is approaching. With a possible bird flu pandemic looming and a mysterious deadly outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we should quickly learn the ...

For the last three years, this editorial page has marked the anniversary of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order with commentaries reflecting on the lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic. We ...

For many, COVID-19 has faded into a recent memory. Even for hospitals, healthcare providers, and clinical staff, the way we view the virus has evolved since 2020. Yet, the lessons learned should not ...

As part of covering health for the Southeast Missourian, I regularly check in with Autumn Grim, the director of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center. We talk about health issues on the ...

Dr. Penny Borenstein, San Luis Obispo County’s top health officer, reflects on her career and what she learned from the COVID ...

A little village in Italy successfully fought against coronavirus COVID-19 with simple actions that, if implemented in the US, could save thousands of American lives. Here is the story of Vo’Euganeo, ...

In December 2024, on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, UN-Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated: “The COVID-19 crisis may have passed, but a harsh lesson remains: The world is ...

The data on COVID-19 doesn’t look good. A recent USA Today analysis showed that nearly 80% of the states reported more coronavirus cases than they had in the week before. Nine states set seven-day ...

During a visit to the border region between Colombia and Venezuela in 2021, a member of Prof. Jan Felix Drexler's team demonstrates how to perform a rapid antigen test. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed ...

When Shanina Knighton began pursuing her doctorate in nursing in 2013, she set out to seek evidence to support a theory. She’d noticed that, during the H1N1 pandemic, patient hand hygiene wasn’t ...

A Riverside resident receives his first dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. As respiratory illnesses are on the rise, experts say vaccination is one tool that can help ...