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What has been accomplished in the 25 months since Chinese scientists first shared the genetic sequence of the newly discovered SARS-CoV-2 virus has defied the predictions of the most optimistic prognosticators.
 

Doctors and researchers continue to look for answers and treatments for those living with COVID-19 symptoms after the virus is gone.
 

COVID-19 will never go away, infectious disease experts tell us, but the global health emergency it sparked will be over when the disease becomes “endemic.”
 

Some people don't get COVID despite being exposed to the virus — a mystery researchers are trying to unravel.
 

In states across the country, mask mandates are now being lifted. But today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reiterated that it is not changing its mask guidance. The CDC still recommends masking indoors in areas of high COVID transmission, which is most of the country right now.
 

Mask mandates continued to fall in traditionally cautious blue states Wednesday as the number of U.S. coronavirus cases plunged, covid-19 hospitalizations dropped below 100,000 and the government’s chief medical adviser, Anthony S. Fauci, said the country is “on the road to approaching normality.”
Jennifer Nuzzo and Josh Sharfstein are quoted. 

The ebbing of the omicron surge has left in its wake postponed surgeries, exhausted staff members and uncertainty over whether this is the last big wave or whether another one lies ahead.
 

As more states plan to lift mask mandates in schools, several teachers unions said they are not opposed to the idea of children being unmasked in classrooms but want to ensure those decisions are based on science.
 

When swabbing the nose for rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, the sample must be collected from cells on your nasal walls. Obtaining a good sample is necessary for getting accurate test results.
 

Kids as young as 5 have been able to get a COVID-19 vaccine since November. But parents are finding themselves wading through a confusing landscape of COVID-19 misinformation. And some are wondering how to responsibly have conversations about the vaccines with those around them.
 

Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000.
 

If enough people are vaccinated, boosted and even infected with omicron variants, there may be hope for some pandemic relief by spring, Johns Hopkins coronavirus experts say.
Bill Moss and Andy Pekosz are quoted.