Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. That launched widespread shutdowns, mandates for masks and vaccines and caused enormous social and economic ...

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

The Education Department halted the final payouts of federal Covid relief aid to state governments and school districts on ...

Currently, $5 million is in place to be used for either renovating the Public Safety Building or putting up an entirely new structure at a different location. Much more money is still needed, though, ...

it will all be meaningless unless there is a robust pandemic preparedness plan. Lessons cannot be learned if they are not taken forward. Preparedness needs to be particularly focused on children ...

Advance care planning is the process of communicating with your loved ones about your medical wishes in case you are ...

Travel demand is showing signs of slowing down. And as Americans spend less on trips this summer, that could result in some ...

The UK did not – and still doesn't – have an up-to-date pandemic plan. “We did not give sufficient thought to what we could do to stop a pandemic in its tracks, a pandemic on the scale of ...

Despite preparations, frontline nurses like Hanson became overwhelmed with personal protective equipment shortages. She says ...

While some applied for and received federal-emergency pandemic loans — designed largely to keep employees on payrolls despite ...

The former Conservative government announced plans to hike fines for pupil absences in February last year, to boost attendance since the pandemic. In September, school absence fines in England ...