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'This is a moral and scientific imperative,' World Health Organization says in statement marking five years since Chinese authorities first alerted to 'viral pneumonia' in Wuhan The World Health... Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet. "We continue to call on China to share data and access so we can understand the origins of Covid-19. This is a moral and scientific imperative," the WHO said in a statement.

A woman in Austria has been found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, according to local media

An anti-corruption charity finds significant concerns in £15.3bn worth of contracts awarded during the pandemic.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can persist in the blood and tissue of some patients for up to two years post-infection, offering new insights into the phenomenon of long COVID. This... groundbreaking research found COVID antigens in blood samples up to 14 months after infection and in tissue samples for more than two years.

The health agency plans to recommend people who test positive for COVID-19 to take a call on when to end isolation based on their symptoms.

A new report shows how federal COVID funds were used in Washington state to give $1,000 checks to illegal immigrants who were ineligible to receive federal economic impact payments during the... pandemic.

None of the federal agencies involved in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines have been forthcoming with information, the grand jury has discovered, and the panel said it has no legal power to force... the agencies to furnish information.

JN.1 is now causing about 20 percent of new coronavirus infections in the US.

IDPH also asks residents to skip holiday gatherings if they have symptoms of respiratory infections.

Ordering your free COVID tests through the USPS will take you just two minutes.

A longtime top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose been accused of deleting federal records, has been subpoenaed by the House panel investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A father and three sons face five to 12 years in prison for selling "Mineral Miracle Solution" out of a fake church, assuring users it would cure 95% of diseases.

Scientists say some tests may be able to identify the markers of prolonged COVID symptoms in the future.

Though Chicago remains at a "low" COVID-19 risk level, the city's hospitalizations rose 30% last week, according to CDPH data.

The Biden administration will once again provide US households with free at-home COVID-19 tests ahead of the colder fall and winter months. Twelve domestic manufacturers have been awarded $600 million... to manufacture some 200 million new over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, which will be made available to the public through COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, the Department of...

This year's respiratory virus season is set to be a repeat of last year's, with COVID-19, RSV and influenza impacting the healthcare system at the same time, per the CDC

The study doubles the original Goverment Accountability Office's estimate provided to the House Ways and Means Committee in February.

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and President Biden's test results have come back negative, according to the White House. Jill Biden, 72, is "currently experiencing only... mild symptoms," her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement. "She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware," Alexander added. Joe...

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 74 people died due to the virus in the seven days to August 11. It marks a 57.4 per cent increase on the previous week.

China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a milestone in its reopening to the rest of the world after an isolation that began with the country's borders... closing in 2020

Some fraudsters used the funds -- meant to help struggling citizens and business owners -- to pay for murder-for-hire plots.

The department outlined several cases, including one in which the defendants were accused of using fraudulently obtained funds to solicit a murder.

COVID rates are rising in much of the country. But with vaccines, treatments and prevention tools, the pandemic looks very different now than before.      

The National Institutes of Health announced new clinical trials to test potential treatments for Long COVID, which has been understudied and underfunded.

The COVID pandemic is long gone, but we are still being stalked by the virus.