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Should You Wear a Mask on a Plane, Bus or Train When There’s No Mandate? 4 Essential Reads to Help You Decide
By Daniel Merino, The Conversation On April 18, 2022, a judge in Florida struck down the federal mandate requiring passengers
Read moreThe 1 in 10 U.S. Doctors With Reservations About Vaccines Could Be Undermining the Fight Against Covid-19
By Matt Motta, Oklahoma State University and Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University American attitudes toward scientific expertise have become increasingly
Read moreEven After Lockdowns Eased, Pandemic Depression Persisted Across Social Classes – New Study
By Catherine Ettman, Boston University and Sandro Galea, Boston University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic
Read moreVaccine Hesitancy Is Complicating Physicians’ Obligation to Respect Patient Autonomy During the Covid-19 Pandemic
By Ryan Liu, Penn State Sitting barely 6 feet away from me, my patient yelled angrily, his face mask slipping
Read moreLong Covid Leaves Newly Disabled People Facing Old Barriers — a Sociologist Explains
By Laura Mauldin, University of Connecticut Up to one-third of COVID-19 survivors will acquire the condition known as long or
Read moreWhy Daylight Saving Time Is Unhealthy – a Neurologist Explains
By Beth Ann Malow, Vanderbilt University As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in
Read moreIt Feels Surreal When Covid Hits — but It’s Very Real
Last New Year’s Eve, I walked into my parent’s house after running errands and heard news I’ll never forget. My
Read moreHow Becoming My Husband’s Caregiver in My 30s Changed My Life
February 18 is National Caregivers Day. I get the text when I’m at work, trying to focus on a project
Read moreCovid-19: What’s Next for South Africa – And When Will It Be Over?
Since the last wave of Covid-19, Omicron, hit South Africa at the end of last year, it seems that things…
Read moreDespite Its Disastrous Effects, Covid-19 Offers Some Gifts to Medicine — an Immunology Expert Explains What It Can Teach Us About Autoimmune Disease
By Dario Ghersi, University of Nebraska Omaha For all the misery that the pandemic has wrought, it has also opened
Read moreHeading Into the Third Year of the Pandemic, the US Blood Supply Is at a 10-Year Low
By Anna Nagurney, UMass Amherst The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a
Read more15 Minutes With Dr. Leana Wen
Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University who previously served as the
Read moreReady for Another Pandemic Malady? It’s Called ‘Decision Fatigue’
By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News Most all of us have felt the exhaustion of pandemic-era decision-making. Should I travel
Read moreHow mRNA and DNA Vaccines Could Soon Treat Cancers, HIV, Autoimmune Disorders and Genetic Diseases
By DNA and mRNA vaccines are much better at producing T cells than are normal vaccines.NIAID/NIH via Flickr What makes
Read moreHow the Pandemic’s Unequal Toll on People of Color Underlines US Health Inequities – and Why Solving Them Is so Critical
By Abubakarr Jalloh, Hollins University From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in
Read moreThe Truth About Vaccines
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Read moreOfficials Struggle to Regulate Pop-up Covid Testing Sites — and Warn Patients to Beware
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News NEW YORK — In recent months, mobile covid-19 testing tents and vans have sprouted
Read moreAsk KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough? The 2022 Edition
By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News The highly transmissible omicron variant is sweeping the U.S., causing a huge spike in
Read moreCold versus COVID — How To Tell The Difference
There’s been a lot of confusion over cold versus COVID symptoms since the advent of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-pandemic,…
Read moreEnd-of-Life Conversations Can Be Hard, but Your Loved Ones Will Thank You
By Deborah Carr, Boston University Death – along with taxes – is one of life’s few certainties. Despite this inevitability,
Read moreBiden to Expand Access to At-Home Covid Kits: 4 Essential Reads on the Critical Role of Rapid Tests
By Matt Williams, The Conversation President Joe Biden has outlined plans to massively ramp up COVID-19 testing in an effort
Read moreGenomic sequencing: Here’s how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants
By Andre Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology and Crista Wadsworth, Rochester Institute of Technology How do scientists detect new variants
Read moreHow Effective Are Vaccines Against Omicron? An Epidemiologist Answers 6 Questions
By New variants of the coronavirus are all slightly different from the original strain that vaccines were based on, so
Read moreCovid-19 Vaccines & FOMO
For some people, the holiday season can be a tangle of complicated emotions. It’s often especially so for those spending
Read moreHow Can Scientists Update Coronavirus Vaccines for Omicron? A Microbiologist Answers 5 Questions About How Moderna and Pfizer Could Rapidly Adjust mRNA Vaccines
By Deborah Fuller, University of Washington If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant,
Read moreGrocery Workers Suffer the Mental Health Effects of Customer Hostility and Lack of Safety in Their Workplace
By Brian Mayer, University of Arizona; Melissa A. Barnett, University of Arizona; Mona Arora, University of Arizona, and Sabrina V.
Read moreOmicron: Why the WHO Designated It a Variant of Concern
By Ed Feil, University of Bath The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought
Read moreHere’s Why Rapid Covid Tests Are so Expensive and Hard to Find
By Lydia DePillis and Eric Umansky, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story
Read moreSuccess of Covid Antiviral Pills Hinges on Access to Speedy and Accurate Tests
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Within a few weeks, perhaps before many Americans finish decorating for the holidays, the
Read moreHow Rural Communities Are Losing Their Pharmacies
By Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News Batson’s Drug Store seems like a throwback to a simpler time. The independently owned
Read moreFewer Diabetes Patients Are Picking up Their Insulin Prescriptions – Another Way the Pandemic Has Delayed Health Care for Many
By Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina Insulin is as essential as water for many people with diabetes. Of the
Read moreI’m an Infectious Disease Doctor. Yes, I’m Vaccinating Our 5-Year-Old Against Covid-19. Here Is Why You Should Too.
Alexander Wong, University of Saskatchewan I am an infectious disease physician. When it is our turn to vaccinate our five-year-old
Read moreWhat’s the Difference Between a PCR and Antigen COVID-19 Test? A Molecular Biologist Explains
PCR tests are extremely accurate but require special lab equipment – like the PCR heating machine seen here – and
Read moreUnvaccinated? Don’t Count on Leaving Your Family Death Benefits
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News These days, workers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 may face financial repercussions,
Read moreWhy Vaccine Doses Differ for Babies, Kids, Teens and Adults – an Immunologist Explains How Your Immune System Changes as You Mature
By The dose that works for adults might not be appropriate for youngsters of different ages. Some vaccines need to
Read moreThe FDA Authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Ages 5 to 11 – a Pediatrician Explains How the Drug Was Tested for Safety and Efficacy
By Debbie-Ann Shirley, University of Virginia Elementary school children in the United States will soon have one more layer of
Read moreCelebrating Every Body Requires Access to the Best Weight-Management Care
If you’ve gained weight during the Covid-19 pandemic, you are not alone. A year into the pandemic, an American Psychological
Read moreKids With Obesity Need Acceptance From Family and Friends, Not Just Better Diet Tips, to Succeed at Managing Their Weight
By Amanda Harrist, Oklahoma State University and Laura Hubbs-Tait, Oklahoma State University Hundreds of programs over the past four decades
Read moreThe Pandemic Has Made It Even Harder for One in Three Americans to Obtain Healthy, Affordable Food
By The Conversation, CC BY-ND COVID-19 has made food access more challenging for many communities. In Michigan State University’s Fall
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