Biden gets updated COVID booster, promotes vaccine
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…
New Halloween ‘Scariant’ Variants and Boosting Your Immunity: COVID, Quickly, Episode 41
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…
Which COVID Studies Pose a Biohazard?
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…
Biden to encourage Americans to get updated COVID booster as holidays approach
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…
How did COVID-19 impact Social Security claiming compared to the Great Recession?
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…
Test scores show COVID setbacks for kids across US
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…
Biden to get updated COVID booster on Tuesday; less than 10% of eligible Americans have had the shot so far
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…
Scientist GM Is Not Impressed by Latest Preprint on Covid Lab Leak Hypothesis | naked capitalism
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…
A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise
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…
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky tests positive for COVID-19, experiencing mild symptoms
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has tested positive for COVID-19, the agency announced Saturday. Walensky is up-to-date with her vaccinations and…