Local health experts say Greater Boston is generally more prepared for a pandemic now than it was in 2020, but headwinds ...

The Trump administration has not staffed an office established by Congress to prepare the nation for future pandemics, ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

Amid a worsening avian flu crisis, staffers have not been hired for the federal agency in charge of pandemic response.

Thankfully, in 2025, the days of lockdowns and quarantines now seem a distant memory for many—even though the physical, ...

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...

As bird flu continues to rampage in dairy farms and poultry facilities around the country, the office tasked with coordinating the federal government's response to pandemic threats, including bird flu ...

The emergence of bird flu in Florida, particularly its impact on dolphins, raises concerns about potential human transmission ...

COVID-19 served, in a sense, as a boot camp for public health professionals and infectious diseases doctors in the state, training them in pandemic preparedness. This experience has already paid ...

The first COVID-19 case in Massachusetts was reported on Feb. 1, 2020, involving a UMass Boston student who had returned to ...

The White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy was established by Congress in 2022 in response to mistakes that led to a flat-footed response to the Covid-19 pandemic.