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The past 19 months have pushed families to their limit as they balance the benefits and potential risks of a world altered by the pandemic.

September is back-to-school time, but this year, the return to school was more stressful than usual for some, thanks to the ever-present pandemic and the risk that classrooms would be culturing COVID-19.

People who get infected with the coronavirus can test positive for quite a while, but that does not mean they are still contagious to others.

Some Americans are now eligible for Covid booster shots — and you might be one of them.

We still don’t have all the answers for why Covid-19 cases rise and fall, but there are some explanations.

New cases have been gradually dropping nationwide, although experts caution that new infections are still at a high rate and further decline will be slow.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those 65 and older, all people at high risk of severe disease, and others who are regularly exposed to the virus.

As the U.S. commits to vaccine distribution, Indonesia has recorded more than 4 million COVID cases. More than 140,000 people have died. Initially, Indonesia turned to China for vaccine aid. But Nick Schifrin explores how the U.S. and its allies are trying to achieve vaccine inroads in China’s backyard.

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying largely on a distinct group: 71 million unvaccinated Americans.

Rapid testing — more formally known as antigen testing — allows people to learn within minutes whether they are carrying enough of the Covid-19 virus to be contagious.

The tests are flying off drugstore shelves. Some schools and employers are using them in an effort to reduce transmission and quarantine times. And some people are requiring guests to use them before attending gatherings like weddings.

Evidence suggests that most Americans don’t yet require booster shots to bolster their defenses against the coronavirus, according to an advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration.