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“We’re in the midst of two pandemics,” says one expert. “The second pandemic is a lack of trust in government and public health"

When Tasha Nelson’s 10-year-old son, Jack, heard on the radio that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin would end the statewide school mask mandate—a move that dozens of other states have taken in recent weeks—he turned to his mom with tears in his eyes. “Does that mean I can’t go to school anymore?” he asked. Like hundreds…

In late January, a blast of fundraising emails for Donald Trump featured a “MUST-SEE: New Trump Ad” that, among other things, championed Trump’s role in creating a COVID-19 “vaccine in record time, saving millions of lives.” Two weeks earlier, in an interview on the far-right One America News, Trump criticized “gutless” politicians, including Florida Governor…

Facing growing pressure to ease up on pandemic restrictions, the White House insisted it is making plans for a less-disruptive phase of the national virus response

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve started to notice twinges of a feeling to which I have become unaccustomed. At first I thought it was indigestion, but I’m beginning to think it is actually cautious optimism. That’s because the recent Omicron surge underscored how well our COVID-19 vaccines are working. Omicron was first documented…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the highly-transmissible omicron variant has shown that “any feeling of safety can change in a moment”

Public school enrollment dropped 3% in the 2020-21 academic year compared with 2019-20, in part because of upheavals arising from the COVID-19 pandemic

We're also not ruling out the possibility that both of these things are true

Animals like deer can serve as reservoirs for the virus that causes COVID-19, potentially harboring new mutations and variants

After weeks of shortages across the country, Americans are gradually finding it easier to get their hands on at-home rapid antigen tests. That’s in large part because the Biden Administration’s massive buying spree is giving test companies the confidence to manufacture and distribute a product that, like the course of the pandemic itself, has an…

The disclosure that 32 athletes are in isolation facilities came after complaints by athletes and teams about inedible food, dirty rooms and a lack of training equipment and internet access.

The statewide mask rule will end March 7, but individual districts still will be able to require face coverings in school after that