COVID-19 had significant negative impacts on mental health, but less is known about how wellbeing has fared since the height of the pandemic. In a recent analysis, researchers compared rates of anxiety and depression among U.S. adults before, during, and after the pandemic using baseline data from the National Health Interview Survey and COVID-era data from the CDC Household Pulse Survey. Although rates of anxiety or depression improved from 37.6% to 29.5% between the first year of the pandemic and the following “COVID recovery period,” levels remain higher than the pre-pandemic baseline of 10.8%. To learn more, see the study in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.