Pathogens such as the coronavirus can travel around the world at a speed that too often outpaces governments’ ability to detect, treat, cure, and prevent diseases. Even the best-funded health care systems struggle under the burden of an influx of people with severe illness. Fragile health care systems fail entirely under such pressures.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he appreciates consensus for tax relief, but says it should take a different form. He says he empathizes with worried federal workers, adding: "We want you
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the COVID-19 pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it together.
Newly discovered bat coronavirus shares entry protein with COVID-19, but poses lower risk of human transmission, researchers find.
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public weariness and irresponsible politics are hampering an effective response to global infectious-disease outbreaks.
The Covid-19 pandemic was a powerful reminder that no country can stand alone in a global health crisis. It took unprecedented collaboration between governments, scientists, and industry to develop and deliver vaccines at speed.