Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the way the world responds to infectious disease.

They're pushing for more funding to find effective treatments. Researchers are finally starting to make headway but have a way to go.

It was this time five years ago we were all beginning to get acquainted with a new term: COVID-19. You know how the rest went, but where are we now? Dave Wessner is a professor of biology and public health at Davidson College. His reflection on the pandemic five years out was recently published in Forbes, and he spoke with WFAE's Marshall Terry.

If you haven't rolled up your sleeve for the jab, you're not alone. In fact, you're in the majority. Here's why doctors think the shot is important.

The federal government has allocated $1.15 billion so far on long COVID research, without bringing any new treatments to market. Patients and scientists say it's time to push harder for breakthroughs.

Nursing aides feel abandoned as they grapple with mental and physical troubles that stem from their work during the COVID outbreak.

Starting in late September, Americans will be able to order up to four free at-home COVID-19 tests that will be delivered to your mailbox. The tests will be able to detect newer variants of the virus.

Two of the updated COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at pharmacies all over the country. On Friday, the FDA authorized the Novavax shot, which is also expected to be available in the coming days.

There is a worldwide COVID-19 wave this summer, and a new vaccine coming in September.

The nation — and Olympic athletes, like Noah Lyles — are in another summer surge of COVID-19 infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials say the virus has become endemic. That means it is here to stay in a predictable way.