SAN FRANCISCO -- As California becomes the first U.S. state to adopt an "endemic" approach to COVID-19, we take a closer look at what becoming "endemic" means and if virus levels have truly ...

This is the final installment of my three-part article on meaning and purpose during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Part One looked at coping, and Part Two shared lessons I learned on ...

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, 25 heads of government issued an extraordinary call for a new international treaty for preventing, preparing for, and responding to pandemics. For two years, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- It is "reasonably likely" to expect the pandemic to draw to a close as soon as a month from today, though COVID-19 is likely to stay, according to UCSF's Chair of the Department of ...

The main sticking point is the mechanism that will define how nations share samples and sequences of viruses with pandemic ...

The Andes hantavirus outbreak shows how easily disease labels are misunderstood — and why they describe patterns of spread, ...

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