5 years ago, the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Here's a look at the disease by the numbers
Another recent federal study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics in February, showed approximately 1.01 million children, or 1.4%, are believed to have ever experienced long COVID as of 2023 and about 293,000, or 0.4%, were experiencing the condition when the survey was being conducted.
Long COVID: Much yet to learn 5 years after pandemic
Five years after the pandemic started, 2 million people still need treatment for long COVID. Doctors say there’s much yet to learn about the condition.
5 years after it was declared a global pandemic, a look at COVID-19’s impact
Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. In a quick succession of events, schools and businesses shut down, lockdowns were put in place, travel was halted and hospitals were over capacity.
What we still don't know about COVID 5 years after the WHO declared a pandemic
Five years after the WHO declared COVID to be a pandemic, questions remain including how many people have died.
What health experts have learned from the COVID pandemic
From the long lines for testing, to turning New York's Central Park into a makeshift field hospital, the horrors of the height of the COVID-19 pandemic might not have rang more true for those working inside the hospital emergency rooms.
Five Years On: The Lingering Impact of COVID-19
Five years have passed since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Globally, WHO estimated that about three million people died of COVID-19 in 2020. 6,587 Virginians died of COVID in 2020,
By The Numbers: What the COVID pandemic has brought over 5 years
A look at the numbers since Covid was announced as a global pandemic five years ago today, and how low vaccination rates still fuel serious infections and illnesses.
Five years ago, WHO declared a global pandemic. Where things stand
COVID-19 took the lives of more than one million Americans and nearly 116,000 Californians, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Colorado man who spent months in COVID ICU visits health care team 5 years after start of pandemic; "I'm blessed"
A Kiowa man who nearly lost his battle with COVID-19 returned to the ICU where he spent two months to thank the care team ...
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Five years after COVID, what school workers recall best — and what problems linger
In 2020, the pandemic closed classrooms and banished hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren to learn over screens at home.
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Five years into COVID, more Texans are avoiding vaccines – for everything
Vaccine hesitancy was rising even before COVID-19 emerged – but the pandemic exacerbated the trend. More kindergartners are ...
COVID stole a parent from over 200,000 children. Indian Country lost the most
COVID-19 killed 1.2 million Americans. Many of those who died were parents, and the story of the children they left behind has gotten little attention.
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‘We are going to have difficulty’: Untangling causes of fatigue, long COVID remains elusive
Developing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is significantly more likely after a case of COVID-19, an important connection for rheumatologists as they sort through symptoms and ...
5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19
COVID-19 prompted schools to make an abrupt switch to educational technology, and many schools have kept many of these ...
'Remember the good': First permanent US COVID memorial in Wall marks five years of loss
Eventually one heart grew to six, with 1,300 rocks bearing names of the deceased, and what was a makeshift memorial became a permanent one at Allaire Community Farm. Today there are more than 6,000 ...
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People who lost loved ones to COVID continue pushing for a national day of remembrance
The organization Marked By Covid has been pushing for a national memorial day for those who died during the pandemic. So far, Congress has failed to enact such a resolution.
‘Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingers
People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, ...