5 years on, what we learned from the COVID pandemic response

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic 5 years later

Five years ago Tuesday, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. CBS News digital reporter Alex Tin explains the lessons the government and public health officials learned.

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What we still don't know about COVID 5 years after the WHO declared a pandemic

Five years after the WHO declared COVID to be a pandemic, questions remain including how many people have died.

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5 years later, long Covid is still a medical mystery. Here's what scientists have learned.

What causes long Covid? Scientists don't fully understand why some develop disabling chronic complications after recovering from the virus. Clues are emerging.

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It’s Been 5 Years Since Covid Hit, and We Still Love Working From Home

While it’s not surprising, a new survey shows a huge majority of people working remotely since the pandemic say it’s helped them improve their work-life balance. What does this mean for strict ...

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The Guardian view on Covid-19, five years on: lessons still to be learned | Editorial

Though many would rather forget the pandemic, we are living with its consequences. Are we any better prepared for the next one?. “When asked what was the biggest disaster of the twentieth century, ...

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Long Covid still an issue 5 years after global pandemic began

Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared Covid a global pandemic, but many people are still living with the symptoms of long Covid. Nearly 7% of adults who contracted the virus in the ...

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5 years since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic

Five years ago Tuesday, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Dr. Bob Lahita, director of the St. Joseph's Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Disease, joined CBS ...

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It's been 5 years since WHO declared COVID pandemic

Five years ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two days later, President Trump declared a national emergency. "CBS Evening News" co-anchors John Dickerson and ...

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High School Students Reflect on Covid’s Impact, 5 Years After the Pandemic

Stuck in their bedrooms, the class of 2021 missed important rites of passage — first job, first car, first date. Now young adults, they’re making up for what they missed at 16.

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How COVID-19 Still Affects the Economy 5 Years Later

Though the pandemic shock has ended, COVID-19 continues to shape the economy.

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What We Know About mRNA Vaccines

On the five-year anniversary of the Covid pandemic, a Times reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, looks back at the success of, and the backlash to, the mRNA vaccine. There’s no question that this vaccine ...

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Most still trust CDC, NIH five years after COVID pandemic declaration: Survey

Most Americans still trust information from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institute of Health (NIH) five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Tuesday study from ...

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Would Schools Close in a Future Pandemic?

Five years after the global Covid pandemic was declared, there is widespread agreement that closing classrooms was devastating for children. Here is what leaders say they may do next time.

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Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney

Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted. Laura Spinney is a science journalist and the author of ...

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‘Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingers

People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, their livelihoods, their dignity.

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‘We have ignored lessons’: how Covid continues to affect lives five years later

The ways the pandemic has shaken Guardian readers’ worlds – from new businesses to difficulty socialising. It’s been five years since the Trump administration declared a nationwide emergency ...

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Reflecting on five years since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world

On this day five years ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, shutting down daily life, crippling the economy and reshaping public health. More than 1.1 million ...

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Couples Who Married During the Covid Pandemic Reflect Five Years Later

Five years later, four couples who married at the peak of Covid quarantine share how their relationships were shaped and where they are today.

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What Covid Taught Us

We look at how the world changed — and what studies revealed about how we live.

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Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics.

Five years after the pandemic began, many local health officials say that the politicization of Covid has left them with fewer tools and fresh challenges.

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Loved ones remembered on fifth anniversary of start of Covid

Locally organised events took place across the UK, marking five years since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

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CDC's airplane testing seeks to prevent another pandemic

Five years ago, COVID-19 touched down on U.S. soil when a man from Washington state flew home after a trip to Wuhan, China. But for days, officials didn't know he was carrying the virus because the ...

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3/11: CBS Evening News

Commerce secretary says Trump's policies are "worth it" even if they lead to recession; It's been 5 years since WHO declared COVID pandemic

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Covid-19: Enduring Images of a Global Crisis, 5 Years On

New York Times photographers covered Covid-19 throughout the world. These pictures, and the moments behind them, stayed with them.

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A 40-year-old throwing 94.5 mph? A .696 batting average!? Spring training numbers we do (and don't) believe in

It's hard to know which stats to trust this time of year. So we dig in to separate what's real from the March mirages.

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How the Pandemic Upended Our Lives

Whether you fled a crowded city or thought a puppy was the answer, the glimpses of another life we got during Covid have faded away.

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NL East season preview: Can the Braves bounce back? What should we expect from Juan Soto’s first year with the Mets?

With Opening Day 2025 just around the corner, we begin our MLB division previews with a look at the National League East.

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ICU doctor reunites with COVID-19 patient five years later

In March of 2020, Sal Mazzara spent weeks on a ventilator and suffered a cardiac arrest after contracting COVID-19. It was the earliest days of the pandemic and New York City Dr. Sanam Ahmed ...

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What we learned as Steph, Warriors outlast Pistons in fiery bout

The Golden State Warriors’ first contest back home after a five-game road trip was a bizarre 115-110 win against the Detroit Pistons.

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What we learned as GP2's career night fuels Warriors' win

The star of the Golden State Warriors' 130-120 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night wasn't Steph Curry, but Gary Payton II.

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‘I don’t feel part of society’: how Covid is still taking its toll five years on

The social, educational and financial impact is still making itself felt, especially for those who continue to mourn. Five years ago, on 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared ...

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Abbott on learning from 'one of the best defences in the Premier League'

Eighteen-year-old Forest centre-back Zach Abbott says he is enjoying learning from "one of the best defences in the Premier League". The England Under-19 international made his senior debut for ...

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‘Wake-up call’: Measles cases doubled in Europe last year, say WHO and Unicef

Joint analysis of measles cases reveals Covid pandemic resulted in misinformation and vaccination delays. Cases of measles doubled last year in the European region, climbing to the highest level in ...

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Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear

What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.

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5 Years After Covid Closed the Theaters, Audiences Are Returning

Broadway is almost back, and pop music tours and sports events are booming. But Hollywood, museums and other cultural sectors have yet to bounce back.

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UK 'hardest hit by Covid fallout' and next Bond 'shouldn't be American'

A mix of stories lead Sunday's front pages, including on immigration and five years on since the start of the pandemic.

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A Giant Container Ship Got Stuck in the Suez Canal

As efforts failed to dislodge it, the Ever Given became a symbol of Covid-era anxiety as the pandemic entered its second year.

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The Artifacts of New York’s Pandemic Era

Stuck to lampposts and floorboards, reminders of Covid’s darkest days are everywhere.

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Views of mental, physical health lowest in almost 25 years: Gallup

Americans’ views of their mental and physical health are at the lowest point in nearly 25 years, a downturn that accelerated at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued since, ...

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5 years on, what we learned from the COVID pandemic response

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