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The earliest reports of a novel virus causing an unusual pneumonia emerged in December 2019. In the weeks that followed, the global scientific community<\/a> identified the virus \u2014 a coronavirus, like the viruses that caused SARS and MERS \u2014 and named the disease it causes: COVID-19. It spread quickly<\/a> around the world, upending the rhythms of day-to-day life, changing the patterns of human behavior, stressing health care systems, and killing millions. <\/p>\n
An unprecedented effort to quickly develop vaccines paid off in late 2020, when pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer<\/a> and Moderna<\/a> released data showing that their shots were highly effective. A vaccination campaign quickly helped protect people<\/a> in higher-income countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, preventing hundreds of thousands of deaths. But vaccinations lagged in lower-income countries, and vaccine equity continues to be a major issue. <\/p>\n
New highly contagious and immune-evading variants, like delta and omicron, drove resurgences of the virus around the world through 2021 and 2022. Broad exposure to the virus and vaccine coverage helped limit the damage. <\/p>\n
Experts say that the coronavirus isn\u2019t going to go away<\/a>. Population-level immunity and broader access to vaccines will defang its threat<\/a>, and COVID-19 won\u2019t always be an active public health emergency. But it\u2019s another addition to the list of respiratory viruses we contend with each year. <\/p>\n
Follow all of the updates here. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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