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COVID gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may affect preparedness for next pandemic

Public health officials are concerned about increasing polarization among Americans over vaccines.

A worker in protective gear stands by barriers set up as part of lockdown measures against COVID-19 in Jing'an district, in Shanghai on March 31.

Shanghai locks down, but experts ask how else China could combat COVID

Battling its biggest COVID surge in two years, Shanghai has instituted rigorous lockdowns — again — that are frustrating residents.

The goal: Vaccinate 70% of the world against COVID. Scientists are proposing a reboot

As the world enters the pandemic's 3rd year, some ask whether the 70% vaccination goal set by WHO and the Biden administration could in fact be detrimental. Also: See our map of global progress.

President Joe Biden speaks about new steps to combat COVID-19 surges this winter during a visit to the National Institutes of Health on Dec. 2, 2021, in Bethesda, Md.

Biden's new winter COVID plan will reimburse you for at-home tests

Among his new steps to fight COVID surges this winter: requiring private health insurers to reimburse people for at-home tests. It also calls for more people to get vaccines and boosters.

White flags are seen in September 2021 near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., as part of a project to memorialize the lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States. Advocates are seeking an enduring memorial.

As U.S. COVID deaths near 1 million, advocates press for a memorial day

Millions of people in the U.S. have lost someone they love to COVID-19, and advocates hope to have those losses marked each year on the first Monday in March.

A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out last month in Youngstown, Ohio. Since Saturday, private health insurers have been required to cover up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced last week.

How to get insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests, according to the White House

The Biden administration says Americans will be able to order COVID-19 tests online starting Wednesday. Those who are eligible can get eight free over-the-counter at-home tests a month.

Cyclist Aleksandr Vlasov was leading the Tour de Suisse before a positive coronavirus test forced him to abandon the race — a fate shared by many other riders. Vlasov is seen here in March, at the Paris-Nice race.

COVID cases are upending cycling, and the Tour de France starts in 2 weeks

"It's just crazy," Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas said at the Tour de Suisse on Friday, after around 30 riders were forced to abandon the race.

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un covers the coffin of Hyon Chol Hae, marshal of the Korean People's Army, with earth at a cemetery in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, May 22, 2022. The content of this image cannot be independently verified.

Kim and other N. Koreans attend large funeral amid COVID worry

The isolated East Asian country has only stated how many people have fevers daily, and has only identified a few of the cases as COVID-19 since admitting to an outbreak of the omicron variant.

Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA COVID vaccines possible

Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó and American immunologist Drew Weissman found that a chemical change to genetic code called mRNA eliminated a problematic side effect when used in vaccines.

Margarita Ahuanari, left, and Karina Ahuanari look at posters of their mother. The images were placed where they think she was buried at the mass grave that was later renamed the COVID-19 Cemetery in Iquitos.

A mass COVID grave in Peru has left families bereft — and fighting for reburial

More than 400 people who died of COVID were secretly interred in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city of Iquitos. Families are demanding a proper burial for their loved ones.

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