On “60 Minutes” on Sunday, President Biden declared “the pandemic is over.” Well into our third year of battling COVID-19, we all wish that were…
Eric TopolSeptember 19, 2022
Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for the Covid pandemic, heralding “a new strategy pivots from wide approach to a…
Eric TopolAugust 15, 2022
Just 10 months after the initial genome sequencing of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, two mRNA vaccines were demonstrated to provide…
Eric TopolJuly 21, 2022
It takes a lot for a COVID-19 variant to become dominant throughout most of the world. It has happened only three previous times (Alpha, Delta,…
Eric TopolJuly 12, 2022
As the virus accelerates its evolution, the humans capitulate. For two and a half years, Covid-19 has been outrunning our response, getting more and more…
Eric TopolMay 16, 2022
The virus that brought us COVID-19 is now going through accelerated evolution. Our vaccines must do the same. The Omicron wave was by far the…
Eric TopolMay 4, 2022
When it comes to Covid, the United States specializes in denialism. Deny the human-to-human transmission of the virus when China’s first cases were publicized in…
Eric TopolMarch 16, 2022
One of the most important studies in the pandemic – studying the potential impact of Covid on the brain – was just published. The major findings…
Eric TopolMarch 9, 2022
American COVID-19 pandemic with fewer than 12,000 new cases a day and a total of 15,000 patients in the hospital. There was a declaration of independence from the…
Eric TopolFebruary 21, 2022
