After years of long lines and occasional shortages, more Americans are opting not to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine this ...

The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four at-home COVID nasal swab ...

It’s remarkable how short Americans’ memories can be. Just a few years from the worst pandemic in any of our lifetimes, ...

There are also the unknown unknowns, or “ disease X ” – an unknown pathogen with the potential to trigger a severe global ...

On the first day of the 2024 Boston Globe Summit, Anna Kuchment, the Globe’s health and medical editor, led a discussion with ...