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A new study from China found no evidence of new variants among those sick with COVID in Beijing between Nov. 14 and Dec. 20. But it only examined a few hundred cases, some experts point out, calling it "hardly" representative.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to unwind the public health emergency tied to the COVID-19 pandemic will spur a whirlwind of changes related to telehealth, Medicaid, pharmaceuticals and other priorities.

Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a public health crisis.

‘XBB’ is believed to be more contagious than any previous variant or subvariant

The White House says it’s optimistic about a decline in monkeypox cases and an uptick in vaccinations against the infectious virus

It depends on how you define pandemic — but some doctors think it already qualifies

Back when former President Donald Trump came down with COVID-19 in October 2020, the world was a lot different than today, when the White House announced President Joe Biden had contracted the illness.

Other countries' health bureaus have advised the public to throat-swab when taking at-home tests, but not the US

The ways we think about the COVID-19 pandemic have evolved with the virus: In 2020, it was a potentially deadly threat we could avoid by being careful; in 2021, it was something that was likely to infect everyone eventually; and now, it’s becoming seen as a persistent health hazard that…