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COVID has certainly taken its toll on the U.S. over the last two years. As of May 18, there have been more than 82 million coronavirus cases and close to one million total COVID deaths reported in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And while the situation has improved in many ways, the virus continues to make itself known. In the last week alone, infections have increased by more than 18 percent and hospitalizations have climbed by over 24 percent, per the CDC.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — COVID-19 reinfections are now being seen more often by doctors in the U.S. and in Connecticut. “COVID reinfections are certainly possible just like many other viruses we’ve had in the past, the common cold you can get a reinfection from,” said Yale’s Chief of Emergency Medicine Administration Dr. Arjun Venkatesh.

When COVID-19 antiviral pills were first approved by the Food and Drug Administration, they were in limited supply and not easily accessible to the average person. In late April, President Joe Biden announced that the pills were in “ample supply,” and has worked with his administration to distribute the pills throughout the country, according to the Deseret News.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – It became official today with the CDC declaring that the United States reached the one million milestone for COVID-19 deaths. “It’s been very, very hard on this country, I think, in part because we just don’t have that health care infrastructure to really support people through the pandemic. And of […]

Here's what to know if you're eligible for another coronavirus shot — and why you shouldn't wait for an updated vaccine.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The World Health Organization says moving forward in the COVID-19 pandemic, comprehensive research and innovative effort need to be at the core of pandemic response, and that research includes autopsies. On Thursday, the United States marked one million American lives lost to COVID-19. Nationally, health experts are studying acute and […]

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of new variants have caused surges in infections around the world. Now subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are driving up cases in South Africa, and could lead to a spike in the US. "The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants were identified because South Africa is still doing the vital genetic sequencing that many other countries have stopped doing," says Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "In many countries we're essentially blind to how the virus is mutating. We don't know what's coming next." Here are five proven ways to avoid COVID during the next surge, experts say. Read on—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had COVID.

Connecticut is currently in a new COVID-19 situation with testing at an all-time low and a rising positivity rate, according to Yale Medicine physician F. Perry Wilson.

Recent concerns for the reemergence of Covid infections range world-wide. Israeli researchers released a report containing the result of a study that suggests an upcoming wave of Covid-19 breakout could be the Delta variant as opposed to a more recently identified Covid-19 variant named Omicron.