covid-19 pandemic

A report from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee also says U.S. intelligence agencies have failed to fix shortcomings and aren’t prepared for the next pandemic.

A nationwide report card on schools is out for the first time since the pandemic.  The testing shows drops in learning and lets us compare how students in Texas compare and those across the country. The department’s website shows that 9-year-olds showed the first-ever decline in math and the largest drop in reading since the 1990s.  Schools have laid...

Despite extra tutoring and time dedicated to learning as students reenter the classroom, schools across the country are seeing a drop in productive learning. NBC 5’s Wayne Carter has the latest and on how Texas fared.

New national test results show that the pandemic spared no part of the country as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children.

The Texas House of Representatives Public Education Committee will be meeting to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the state’s teacher workforce, and current practices to improve the recruitment, preparation, andretention of high-quality educators.

The head of the nation’s top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.

On Thursday, the CDC released adjusted guidelines for the public, dropping some social distancing and quarantine recommendations but still encouraging masking and testing if exposed to COVID-19.

Terry Loftis’ calendar is full of arts events for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. That sign of the Dallas arts industry’s resiliency is a welcome change for TACA’s Donna Wilhelm Family President and Executive Director.   

The head of the U.N. body promoting development is warning that the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine have led to “an unprecedented reversal” of decades of progress in combatting global poverty and hunger and ensuring education for children everywhere.

Micronesia has likely become the final nation in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to experience an outbreak of COVID-19.

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts hosted “Celebrate Love: A (Re)Wedding” on Sunday in the pavilion outside the center.

The Pfizer pill, Paxlovid, is intended for people with COVID-19 who are more likely to become seriously ill. Previously only doctors could prescribe the drug

With a pot of money totaling nearly $700 million, the state is taking applications for a fund aimed at helping homeowners who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With a pot of money totaling nearly $700 million, the state is taking applications for a fund aimed at helping homeowners who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over” despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments on Sunday that “we lower our guard at our peril.” The U.N. health agency’s director-general told officials gathered in Geneva for the opening of the WHO’s...

The nation’s top infectious disease expert says the coronavirus appears to be making a transition to becoming an endemic disease — occurring regularly in certain areas

Airline mask mandates are no longer in effect — and some plane passengers received that news with cheers in the middle of their flights. Watch the video here.

A beloved North Dallas church has made its comeback after two years of challenges.

When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for U.S. health care.