Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, which brought lockdowns, vaccinations, uncertainty, and lasting change.

It seems there isn’t a day that goes by without a headline about contaminated food resulting in a recall or outbreak.

U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...

We invite you to watch an Eyewitness News special, COVID Impact: 5 Years Later, this Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., as we examine how the virus has changed our lives and continues to impact us.

Some health policy experts say Kennedy’s early moves as HHS Secretary are concerning and suggest that he could undermine ...

Lessons learned from COVID-19 prepared the U.S. for the next viral scourge, but much of that progress is at risk of being ...

Measles is a miserable, potentially deadly disease from which parents should want their children to be protected.

Five years ago this month, COVID-19 changed the world. The first pandemic in a century altered how Americans saw themselves, ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report, Virginia is trending downward. Respiratory illnesses accounted for 17.1% of emergency department ...

A new case of bird flu has been detected in Dallas County, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced ...

Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces. It does not spread between people.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that if hantavirus progresses to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, about 38% of people end up dying from the disease.