COVID-19

Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in the Chicago area in the wake of several major events as students prepare to head back to school. NBC Chicago’s JC Navarrete reports.

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, after more than 118,000 cases and 4,291 deaths were registered.

The U.S. government is suspending mail orders for free COVID-19 tests. Friday is the last day residential households can request for free tests shipped through USPS.

Closing in on the four years since much of the world seemed to shut down during the initial global onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped the five-day isolation guideline for the virus.

People who test positive for Covid do not need to isolate for five days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.

While temperatures may be getting warmer in the coming weeks as more activities shift outdoors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging seniors to get some additional protection for COVID-19 ahead of the spring.

Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they got a booster in the fall, an influential government advisory panel said.

Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Tuesday on his time as the nation’s top public health leader during the COVID-19 pandemic, NBC Chicago’s Patrick Fazio reports.

The agency last changed its policy for COVID-positive diagnoses in 2021, when it reduced the isolation guidelines from 10 days to five days.

New COVID guidelines are reportedly in the works and it could mean the removal of the five-day isolation period for those who test positive, NBC Chicago’s Lauren Petty reports.

A new study in Vietnam found a connection between COVID-19 and insomnia, particularly in milder cases of the infection.

If you’ve had trouble sleeping following a COVID diagnosis, you aren’t alone.

Paxlovid can prevent hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but experts say it’s being underused. The pills’ high price and doctors’ hesitation to prescribe them are creating obstacles to getting the drug to everyone who would benefit.

Babies born to mothers who got Covid while pregnant had “unusually high rates” of respiratory issues, according to a new study.

It’s not clear exactly how common COVID rebound is or why it happens to some people and not others. Here’s what we do know.

In California, a person who tests positive for Covid and has no symptoms does not need to isolate, according to new state health guidelines. 

Experts weigh in on masks amid a major surge in respiratory illnesses across the United States.

Circulation of RSV, COVID-19 and influenza is at a “high” level in Illinois to start the new year, with more than half of the state’s 102 counties experiencing an elevated level of COVID-19 hospital admissions, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

As many Americans are back home after traveling to celebrate the holidays, respiratory illnesses are spiking nationwide, NBC Chicago’s Marion Brooks reports.

Public health officials in Illinois are urging residents to exercise caution ahead of the holidays as cases of RSV, COVID-19 and influenza are all on the rise.