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Institutional racism, greed, and a broken global health system are all working against African nations where people are dying from COVID in silence, according to a scathing assessment from one expert. -
Nearly 5,000 NPR readers told us how they dealt with COVID on a trip. Did they respect the CDC guidance to wait 10 days before flying? Or did they travel anyway? What lessons do they have to share? -
The BA.5 strain represented 65% of cases from July 3 to 9, according to data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. -
Outdoor patios helped many businesses survive the pandemic, but now cities are having to decide what to do with them. -
The highly transmissible new omicron variants have shown a remarkable ability to get around the protection offered by vaccination. -
However, unlike Los Angeles County, no indoor mask-wearing mandate is being considered. -
With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so, and are being left behind. -
New omicron variants are again driving hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, causing states and cities to rethink their responses to COVID-19 and the White House to step up efforts to alert the public. -
As summer travel surges, so does COVID. Experts share advice on how to prepare ahead of time in case you are infected on a vacation or visit — and what to do if you get that dreaded positive test. -
San Diego County is seeing spikes in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, prompting local public health officials Friday to encourage residents to be more vigilant.
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