Coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions

The number of people hospitalized with a coronavirus infection in San Diego County has increased by three people to 156.

Hugo Crosthwaite's stop-motion animation portrait of Dr. Anthony Fauci will be installed in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

For those at high risk, Pfizer's antiviral drug helps stave off severe COVID-19. Now research suggests it may also reduce their chances of long COVID.

In addition to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the county is seeing an early spike of flu and respiratory syncytial virus cases.

Federal and local health care leaders came together to discuss different respiratory illnesses circulating across San Diego.

Advocates for inoculation are distressed by what they see as a new political focus on an old public health measure.

Since early last year the San Diego City Council's COVID-19 Response and Recovery Committee has met about all things pandemic related.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control decided to list COVID-19 among the vaccines it recommends for children, but each state decides whether to adopt those guidelines. It’s unclear what California will do, given the past controversies over children’s vaccines and the COVID vaccine in particular.

Millions of workers left the labor force during the pandemic. Older workers have been slow to return, in part because many found themselves financially secure enough to retire.

SARS-CoV-2 is evolving "rapidly," spawning one new variant after another. But omicron continues to dominate, raising new questions about how evolution of the virus is headed.