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…
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…
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…
As the Biden administration took office last January, with the pandemic peaking at more than 130,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States, there were high…
Masks, vaccines, boosters, rapid tests and anti-Covid pills will all be essential in the months ahead. ast week, we learned from virus sequencing and rapid…
The lack of data around breakthrough infections is giving many Americans a false sense of security. The Delta variant was first identified in the United…
Here’s a paradox: A new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, aducanumab, gets approved by the Food and Drug Administration through an accelerated process without sufficient data, although there…
Viruses mutate constantly, though not always in dangerous ways. But we need to keep vaccinating and stay vigilant. News about emerging coronavirus variants can sound…
Intranasal vaccines might stop the spread of the coronavirus more effectively than needles in arms. The development of highly effective COVID vaccines in less than…
Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care? Ezekiel J. Emanuel PublicAffairs (2020) The COVID-19 pandemic is an acid test of the world’s health systems. The United…
On Monday, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization technical lead on covid-19, stunned public health officials worldwide when she said during a briefing in…