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Donna Looper wanted to help her then 8-year-old son Ben conceptualize the toll COVID-19 was taking on their community. The two folded 248 origami butterflies to represent individuals who lost their lives to COVID-19 in Georgetown.
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People are gathering indoors for the holidays, and there's been an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The federal government says you should test often to try to prevent the spread of the virus.
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The CDC is advising people to practice indoor masking in nearly a tenth of U.S. counties, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses sweep the country.
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Step aside, BA.5. The new variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, appear to be among the most adept yet at evading immunity from previous infection and vaccination.
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Sick kids are crowding emergency rooms in parts of the country and some pediatric hospitals say they're running out of beds.
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Here we go again. The virus is starting to surge in many European countries and there are early signs a wave may be starting in the U.S. too.
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A study finds small but meaningful declines in personality traits that help us navigate social situations, trust others, think creatively, and act responsibly. Young people were especially affected.
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The number of women in the workforce has finally returned to pre-pandemic levels, which is good for the economy. But after time away from the job market some women are reassessing their priorities.
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While cases have decreased dramatically, there are still thousands of cases being reported across the world, and hundreds of people are still dying from it every day in the United States.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the latest version of COVID-19 boosters to help protect against dominant subvariants of the virus.