A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic:…
More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an…
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Should COVID Vaccines Be Given Yearly?
Scientists are split on a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal to update COVID-19 vaccines once a year,…
Why COVID’s XBB.1.5 ‘Kraken’ Variant Is So…
A new, rapidly spreading variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, means a rise in new infections could…
Masks Are a Proven Way to Defend Yourself from…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest…
China COVID Wave Could Kill One Million People,…
Up to one million people in China could die from COVID-19 over the next few months, according to some of the first…
Who Is Dying from COVID Now, and Why
Today in the U.S., about 335 people will die from COVID—a disease for which there are highly effective vaccines,…
The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years’ Worth of Progress…
With a few notable exceptions—such as during the 1918 influenza pandemic, World War II and the HIV crisis—life…
What One Million COVID Dead Mean for the U.S.’s…
Laura Jackson feels the loss of her husband Charlie like she is missing a part of herself. He died of COVID early…
A Guide to the Different Omicron Subvariants
Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can be forgiven if they’ve lost track of the latest variants…
Climate Change Will Boost Viral Outbreaks
Over the next 50 years, climate change could drive more than 15,000 new cases of mammals transmitting viruses to…