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.
What's been learned about disease monitoring from the COVID pandemic
Are we more prepared to detect the start of a possible pandemic than we were in 2020? Some things have gotten better, and some worse.
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.
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.
5 years since the pandemic started, long COVID patients are still hoping for a cure
They're pushing for more funding to find effective treatments. Researchers are finally starting to make headway but have a way to go.
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.
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.
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