COVID-19

A doctor explains whether you can take tests past the expiration date. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

There are some rapid tests you might be able to take past the expiration date on the box. Here’s what to know.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Thursday morning that she tested positive for COVID-19 on social media platform X. She was scheduled to tour the newly renovated Garfield Elementary School with other education leaders to celebrate the first day of school for pre-K at 10 a.m. In the X post, she said that she was disappointed that she won’t...

News4’s Erika Gonzalez speaks to Dr. Alexandra Yonts from Children’s National Hospital about what you need to know about the newest COVID-19 vaccine.

Doctors say the coronavirus is on the rise in the D.C. region and nationwide, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts are calling it a summer spike. The virus isn’t as dangerous as it was a few years ago, but public health professionals say that doesn’t mean you should let your guard...

Experts advise people to not let their guard down as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations climb. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

COVID-19 is on the upswing again and levels of the virus are “very high” throughout the country, including in the D.C. area. Here’s what to know about the latest surge.

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid amid an uptick in cases across the country, and in the D.C. region. News4’s Juliana Valencia spoke to a health official in Fairfax County, Virginia, about the latest data.

As President Biden tests positive for COVID-19 recently, cases are rising around the country, with Maryland being in the top seven states to have very high COVID levels, according to the CDC. News4’s Juliana Valencia gives updates.

These are the faces of people who lost their lives to COVID-19: parents, pastors, doctors, teachers, firefighters — people from every age group and all walks of life.

In March 2020, an IT manager from Cheverly, Maryland, got sick while traveling to a Wisconsin hospital to set up their new computer system. Three weeks later, he died there, alone in the ICU. His wife and sisters never got the chance to say goodbye in person. News4’s Eun Yang 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.

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

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.

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

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.