As more COVID-19 records get broken, debates on whether to send kids back to school or to shut down the economy again are coming to a head. More than 1,000 people died every day for four straight days ...

The U.S. death rate has dropped to prepandemic levels as COVID-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to research published Wednesday. The death rate fell by 3.8 percent in 2024, ...