The UK’s child hepatitis mystery continues its saga in the US, prompting more investigations into its possible causes and probably more reasons to avoid Kinder eggs. In the process, experts discover history might just be repeating itself over a century later.

COVID-19 trumps democracy in China as cases surge, and vice versa in the Philippines as elections near.

It’s looking like the W.H.O. will be falling under its goal of fully vaccinating 70 percent of the population in every nation by June 2022. But hey, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t get boosted.

Masks are off in US transport, for now. In the meantime, flight attendants sang songs to celebrate while healthcare workers are still tired—all in a day’s work in the land of the free.

This “Breathalyzer” could be the literal breather we need two years into this pandemic.

We already somehow got a lot of people to accept the COVID vaccine, now we have to do it all over again — and a lot of people aren’t having it.

Omicron XE, a hybrid of BA.1 and BA.2, is the newest subvariant to hit tests and make headlines this April.

In the age of citizen journalism and “medfluencers,” a stay-at-home dad tweets updates on Hong Kong’s pandemic response for thousands of expatriates, doctors, and residents just trying to figure out what’s going on.

BA.2 is capping off 2022’s first quarter as the world’s most dominant COVID-19 strain. Is it anything new and should we be worried?

There’s nothing good about getting COVID-19. But just what is the not-so sweet link to type 2 diabetes? And why is touching grass—literally and figuratively—actually beneficial for us?

While the world’s most advanced nations are turning into COVID hotbeds, the Global South is touting open beaches, street parties disguised as political rallies, and best of all, natural immunity. Is it just karmic justice for months of vaccine hoarding or is it #PoorPrivilege?

Beyond Deltacron’s yet-to-be-known threat, Omicron rages on—but not in the places you’d expect. While K-Pop idols are canceling shows over record cases, Philippine candidates are holding rallies twice a week at no added burden to hospitals. So what gives?

In the era of gatekeeping and gaslighting, these women show everyone who’s girlboss. This International Women’s Month, we’re celebrating the COVID-fighting, nation-leading, and child-bearing individuals who make this pandemic-struck world a whole lot safer to live in.