Health experts are warning of a possible “tripledemic” this winter, as COVID, flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., are now all circulating with flu cases showing up earlier than…
President Joe Biden got his updated COVID-19 booster shot Tuesday, using the televised opportunity to urge Americans to do the same ahead of a potential surge in coronavirus cases this…
In a new episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the variants that are likely to be around this winter and how boosters help even if you’ve already…
When researchers at Boston University (BU) in Massachusetts inserted a gene from the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 into a strain of the virus from the beginning of the pandemic, they…
President Joe Biden will launch a fresh push Tuesday to persuade Americans to get the updated COVID-19 booster ahead of the holiday season. He plans to stress that the boosters…
While the contours of the Great Recession and the COVID Recession differed sharply, older workers continued to retire and claim Social Security. The question that my co-authors, Anqi Chen and…
The COVID-19 pandemic spared no state or region as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children, erasing decades of academic progress and widening racial disparities, according to results of…
President Joe Biden will receive his updated COVID booster on Tuesday and will urge Americans to get the shot, which targets both the original virus and omicron variants that have…
Strong claims require strong proof. Yet new preprint on Covid is making the rounds, amplified by no less than the Economist. This pape and attempts show that Covid must have…
Flu cases are higher than usual for this time of year and are expected to soar in the coming weeks. A third virus, R.S.V., is straining pediatric hospitals in some…