People of Color with Long COVID Face Uphill Battle to Be Heard
In March 2020, when Los Angeles residents began sheltering in place amid the COVID pandemic, Angela Vázquez and her husband went out shopping for some essentials. A few days later…
Health official says updated COVID-19 boosters likely to be available in weeks for elementary school-age children
A Food and Drug Administration official said this week that updated COVID-19 boosters for 5- to 11-year-olds will be authorized in the coming weeks, according to ABC News. The new…
Opinion | Despite the Covid disruption, school test score declines look pretty modest
If this outcome had been known with perfect clarity back in the spring of 2020, what would the public response have been? Surely some would have objected to closures, including…
‘We’re on That Bus, Too’: In China, a Deadly Crash Triggers Covid Trauma
After a bus accident killed at least 27 people being transferred to a Covid quarantine facility on Sunday, the Chinese public staged a widespread online protest against the government’s harsh…
Covid-19 pandemic is over in the US – Joe Biden
The president says there is still “a lot of work” being done to control the virus in the US.
New Boosters Test Covid-Weary Nation. Shots Are Here. Do Americans Care?
It was vaccination time at Ethel Brown’s long-term care home in the Bronx. Again. Ms. Brown, 95, had already gotten four Covid shots, and while she was happy to submit…
Covid-19 pandemic linked to early onset of puberty in some girls
By Elizabeth Hlavinka An increased number of girls are going through premature sexual development amid the pandemic Dan Kenyon 2013 The covid-19 pandemic may be triggering early puberty in some…
Your Questions about the New COVID Booster Shots, Answered
A new generation of COVID booster shots are now available to most people 12 years of age and older in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration authorized new formulations…
Do You Know Someone Who Has Died of Covid Recently? We Want to Hear From You.
An estimated 400 Americans are still dying from Covid-19 each day — a number that federal health officials say is unacceptable, on top of more than one million previous deaths…
At-home COVID test performance worsened after omicron emerged, and Lancet Commission slams global pandemic response
The performance of certain COVID home-testing kits seems to have deteriorated after the omicron variant emerged, according to a new study published Thursday by the British Medical Journal. The study…