MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gretchen Lee, a third grader in Washington, D.C., was wrapping up her

Ina Fassbender/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has been a major challenge for schools. From shutting down in March 2020

Fabrice Coffrino/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization is investigating a mysterious illness in South Sudan that has

SOPA Images/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized Merck’s COVID-19 pill for certain adults. The authorization is

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images With omicron’s explosive spread threatening to outpace current COVID-19 treatments, the race is on to find new

Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Urgent care chain CityMD announced it is temporarily closing

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that certain establishments, including restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms, events

Chesnot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A month after the omicron variant was first identified, it has become the dominant strain

Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An at-home treatment for COVID-19 that can prevent serious illness was authorized

Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The spread of the omicron variant and the recent rise in COVID-19 cases across