As much as we would all love to ignore COVID, a new set of variants that scientists call “FLiRT” is here to remind us that the virus is still with us.

A new set of variants that scientists are calling "FLiRT" is rising. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health about what it means for summer.

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

In the earliest days of the pandemic, Dr. Ashish Jha emerged as an authoritative and trusted voice on the issue. He's now the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, but with the public health ...

The White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, evaluated the risks posed by XBB.1.5, a rapidly-spreading subvariant of the virus.

A suburban Chicago businessman, Rahul Shah, has been convicted by a federal jury for his involvement in a massive fraud ...

White House coronavirus coordinator Ashish Jha will step down next week as the Biden administration formally ends the role, the latest marker that officials believe the virus threat has largely ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha about how the national public health emergency for coronavirus is coming to an end May 11.

If you are vaccinated and boosted, your risk of dying from COVID-19 is “close to zero,” according to Dr. Ashish Jha. More on Boston.com.

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that Covid-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha is leaving the administration. Biden offered effusive praise for the doctor, who succeeded Jeff Zients as the ...

The U.S. should prepare for a spike in COVID cases this winter as more people gather indoors and infections already begin to rise in Europe, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says.