Now that minks are getting sick, experts are watching for two signals to indicate whether avian influenza could jump into the human population. But underfunding makes their job harder.

Why paying more for eggs could save us from another pandemic

On the Homeland Security Committee, she’ll have access to highly sensitive information about domestic right-wing terrorism. Comforting?

Your boss asking for a doctor’s note is more about controlling labor than worker health.

Covid-19 accelerated the trend of pediatric unit closures. Now many children and their families are struggling to find care.

As the funding that helped turn the tide of the pandemic dries up, a dire burden mounts on the backs of uninsured Americans.

In David Quammen’s books, intrepid scientists hunt down viruses and avert crises. The story of Covid-19 offers no such resolution.

Their new book, “What World Is This?” examines human connection, vulnerability, and grief.

The Florida governor’s cynical ploy is to signal to rank-and-file Republicans: Look, I can investigate people, too!

It’s also an individual one.

The White House chief medical adviser said his "final message" was for people to get their Covid vaccines.

Republicans spent years spreading lies and conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Now, they’re promising to bring Fauci in.

Health care was among the most important issues in both the 2018 and 2020 elections. It has since faded totally as a critical issue. Why?

The president’s remarks undermined the campaign for the new booster shots. Nearly 4,000 people have since died of Covid-19 in the United States.

We’re still seeing the long-term effects of Covid. Acting like the pandemic is over won’t help us address them.

“The boosters being released on top of flu season has decimated my pharmacy. We can’t help anyone anymore.”

Jeremiah Moss writes of the early days of the pandemic as a glimpse of the city before gentrification.

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown just how hard it is for Americans to grieve.

The monkeypox outbreak has cooled, but it’s far from over. Bob Fenton and Demetre Daskalakis still have a big job on their hands.

The United States has a brief window in which it can decide how monkeypox plays out from here.