Coronavirus Coverage

As COVID-19 numbers reach pandemic lows across the United States, many COVID-19 testing sites have begun closing their doors.

Two-plus years into the COVID-19 pandemic, you probably know the basics of protection: vaccines, boosters, proper handwashing and masks.

More people can now get second COVID-19 booster shots after federal health officials announced they are allowing a broader group to get fourth doses of the two messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Wednesday he thinks there will be an uptick in cases of COVID-19 over the next few weeks, and that it is likely that there could be a surge in the fall.

The future of COVID-19 vaccines — including when and how often booster doses might be needed — remains unclear and “complex,” according to advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration.

COVID-19 has become a chronic condition for tens of millions of people — and an expensive one, as well.

Maybe BA.2 really is the “stealth variant.”

Pandemic hospitalization rates are at new lows, the vast majority of US counties have low community levels of the coronavirus, and as of March 25, all 50 states have lifted mask requirements.

Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor COVID-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the early detection tool come into clearer focus.

Stopping the next major coronavirus variant involves knowing where it might come from.

Fewer people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals and staff continue to feel the strain.

The youngest group eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the US, children ages 5 to 11, is also the least vaccinated one.

On Tuesday, the US Food and Drug Administration expanded its authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

ore than half of all COVID-19 infections last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

The highly contagious Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States, causing an estimated 54.9% of all new COVID-19 infections last week, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Over a year after recovering from a COVID-19 infection, Jennifer Hobbs is adjusting to her new normal: brain fog, joint pain, elevated liver enzymes and, now, type 2 diabetes.

Moderna announced Thursday that it’s asked the US Food and Drug Administration for authorization for a second COVID-19 booster shot for everyone 18 and older.

With a new version of the Omicron coronavirus variant picking up steam in the United States, as many as 28 million seniors remain at risk of becoming severely ill from COVID-19, either because they are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, or because it has been more than five months since their second or third dose of a vaccine, according to a CNN analysis of federal data.

Two weeks after the United Kingdom dropped its last remaining COVID-19 mitigation measure — a requirement that people who test positive for the virus isolate for five days — the country is seeing cases and hospitalizations climb once again.