5-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic

What we still don't know about COVID 5 years after the WHO declared a pandemic
Five years after the WHO declared COVID to be a pandemic, questions remain including how many people have died.
PHOTO GALLERY: The 5-year anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic
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Photos: The 5-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the first in over a century. The international agency urged everyone around the globe to work together to alter the course of the virus, which had already touched 114 nations and ended more than 4,000 lives.
Five years since COVID-19 began, readers say the pandemic is far from over. Here’s why.
Boston.com readers said the pandemic remains an ever-present threat to public health, despite much of society having moved on.
5 years after COVID-19 pandemic began in Knoxville, look back at early stories and photos
Before the pandemic claimed the lives of more than 1,700 Knox County residents, it began with a trickle of announcements.
How life has changed 5 years after COVID-19 pandemic began
March 11, 2025 marks five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. Heather Yourex-West looks at how the world has since changed since 2020, and the pandemic's lingering impact.
Five years since the pandemic began, covid may now be endemic, experts say
The pandemic may be over, but the endemic disease is still a threat, especially for older adults and those with certain risk ...
5 years ago, the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Here's a look at the disease by the numbers
Another recent federal study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics in February, showed approximately 1.01 million ...
Colorado man who spent months in COVID ICU visits health care team 5 years after start of pandemic; "I'm blessed"
A Kiowa man who nearly lost his battle with COVID-19 returned to the ICU where he spent two months to thank the care team ...
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Long COVID patients try to find a new normal 5 years after the pandemic hit Iowa
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic first gripped Iowa, many people still struggle with long-term, debilitating health ...
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What healthcare CEOs say they learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
On the 5-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CEOs said the crisis taught them to respond faster and ...
5 years later, Chicago health care workers say start of COVID pandemic feels like yesterday, yet forever ago
Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Medical Intensive Care Unit was in the process of being transformed into a COVID ICU.
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How did the COVID pandemic change your life? KUOW wants to hear your story
Five years after the pandemic's onset, KUOW is reflecting on the many changes it brought to work, to health care, to ...
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5 years since the pandemic started, long COVID patients are still hoping for a cure
They're pushing for more funding to find effective treatments. Researchers are finally starting to make headway but have a ...
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The Next Flu Pandemic Could Be Worse Than Covid If We Don't Heed History
COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.