Biden's comments — made as officials try to convince Americans to get a new booster shot and the White House seeks $22 billion in new COVID funding — were "unfortunate," several epidemiologists said.

The Florida Center for Government Accountability and state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, filed the lawsuit claiming the health department violated the state’s public-records law by turning down requests for daily COVID-19 data.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has signed off on updated versions of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines that target the original virus and the omicron subvariants.

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.

While the latest surge seems to be slowing down, recent data shows that at least 79,573 residents have died with COVID and more than 7 million cases have been reported.

In a Georgia city that is home to many refugees, the vaccination rate is higher than in the state, county and surrounding communities of similar socioeconomic status.

The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of COVID. But whether omicron triggers long COVID as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.

The pandemic caused some kids to fall behind on routine immunizations, and Florida has some of the lowest child COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country.

Dr. Simone Gold was issued a medical license from the state department of health and has opened an online practice based in Naples.

Although the current surge seems to be waning, the number of deaths in Florida related to the virus has passed 78,500 residents.

In this interview with author Rebecca Totora, we explore ways our response to the pandemic might have similarities to other plagues, and how writers like William Shakespeare responded.

People whose brains have been injured by concussions, traumatic accidents, strokes or neurodegenerative conditions can benefit from targeted therapy. Experts also employ therapies for long-COVID patients with memory and language problems.