COVID-19

A U.S. study suggests 1 in 10 people are getting long COVID after an omicron infection.

Two New York legislators are proposing a new bill that would alleviate some of the financial burdens for the children who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino reports.

After three long years the Covid public health emergency is officially ending. Gilma Avalos reports.

The federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ends Thursday — and with it comes the reality the CDC may not have the data to track the virus and emergent variants as meticulously as it has the last few years. “The end of the public health emergency means CDC will have less authority to collect certain types of public health data —…

Two New York legislators are proposing a new bill that would alleviate some of the financial burdens for the children who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino reports.

U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the No. 4 cause. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.

Starting next Thursday the federal government will stop covering covid testing and free test kits. Lynda Baquero reports.

The Biden administration will send 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border amid an expected migrant surge following the end of coronavirus pandemic-era restrictions. The White House says the troops will be sent to focus on administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can work in the field. The troops will not do law enforcement work. President Joe Biden’s...

The U.S. surgeon general says loneliness poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually. Dr. Vivek Murthy’s report issued Tuesday says about half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness. The surgeon general is calling on workplaces, schools, technology companies, community organizations, parents and other people to make...

The first years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a huge decline in high school students having sex.

The XBB.1.16 Omicron subvariant is increasing, with anecdotal reports that it may be causing some unusual symptoms like pink eye. Here’s what you need to know.

The research shows it may be possible to retrain the brain to recover its sense of smell.

Nearly 150,000 New York drivers are at imminent risk of having their licenses suspended because of an old COVID-19 policy lapse, the state DMV warned Thursday. The pandemic rule in question allowed motorists to defer, but not skip, their vision test for renewal. If your license expired between March 1, 2020 and Aug. 31, 2021, and you renewed online by…

U.S. regulators on Tuesday cleared another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older Americans and people with weak immune systems.

Thought COVID was done with the surprises? Not yet, apparently. Those itchy, red eyes you have that you assumed were just the start of allergy season? It could very well be something called “Arcturus” instead. XBB.1.16, a subvariant of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus that has acquired that unusual stellar label, appears to be spreading quickly in some…

The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended.

A stunning new report by New York City’s Health Department shows how deadly the COVID pandemic was for the city,. According to researchers, the virus reduced life expectancy in the five boroughs by more than four years. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports

New Yorkers aren’t living as long. The state suffered one of the largest drops in estimated life expectancy following the explosion of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of New Yorkers and has sickened countless more, many of whom still feel the impacts of long-lasting symptoms. Life expectancy in New York...

South Korea this month will begin weekly tests of sewage produced by its major cities and towns to track the spread of COVID-19 and identify future waves.

President Joe Biden has signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19.