Coronavirus

The vast majority of New York adults who get COVID-19 end up experiencing at least one symptom for a month or longer, according to state health officials.

This year’s winter COVID-19 wave is off to a late start, and experts expect cases to keep rising. Here’s what to know.

The pharmaceutical executive who was once New York City’s Covid czar was fired Monday, days after he admitted to participating in “private gatherings” that were prohibited during the height of the pandemic, a federal filing shows, according to NBC News.

Dr. Jay Varma admits to attending drug-fueled sex parties at the height of the pandemic, all while telling New Yorkers to practice social distancing. News 4’s Andrew Siff reports. 

The former senior public health adviser under Mayor Bill de Blasio was secretly recorded on camera admitting to participating in sex and dance parties while instructing New Yorkers to practice social distancing at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Jay Varma, who was advising the de Blasio administration at the height of the pandemic, admits to attending secret parties all while uring New Yorkers to practice social distancing.

A new COVID variant is raising questions and capturing the attention of researchers heading into the fall and winter season. It’s called the XEC variant.

There’s a new coronavirus subvariant catching the attention of global doctors and researchers: it’s being called “XEC.” Experts suspect this new strain of the coronavirus could become the dominant variant in a matter of months. That sentiment was bolstered over the weekend by Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California. “At this juncture, the XEC...

Teen brains aged prematurely by as much as four years during covid lockdowns, researchers from the University of Washington found. 

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced blistering criticism in an often combative congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during the time when the virus was spreading through nursing homes. Republicans who questioned the Democrat zeroed in on a controversial directive his administration issued in March of 2020 that initially barred nursing homes from refusing…

Gilma Avalos reporting on a new study on signature symptoms of long covid in kids. 

At least 40 athletes, including Team USA sprinter Noah Lyles, have tested positive for COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases at the 2024 Paris Games.

Infections are most likely rising in at least 39 states, driven in part by a trio of new variants.

An investigation into New York’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic finds former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “top down” approach of dictating public health policy through his office sewed confusion during the crisis.

Dr. William Dugal experienced total paralysis after developing Guillain-Barre syndrome. After a year of rehabilitation, he’s back to working as surgeon.

After months of delays, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was grilled on Capitol Hill regarding his pandemic response. Specifically, the Coronavirus Subcommittee sought better answers on the Cuomo administration’s March 2020 order requiring nursing homes to accept COVID patients from hospitals, and the claims his team manipulated data on nursing home deaths. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

The World Health Organization is beginning its annual meeting with government ministers and other top envoys hoping to reinforce global preparedness for the next pandemic in the devastating wake of COVID-19.

A new report published by the cdc finds that there is no evidence that covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems.

U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022.

Wednesday marks four years since the start of NYC’s coronavirus emergency. The declaration meant the start of social distancing, and a lengthy halt to things like concerts and sporting events. The question now: What has the city learned in the four years since then? NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.