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Why Paid Sick Leave Is Essential

Why Paid Sick Leave Is Essential

Paid sick leave protects businesses, health care, and the public
Go to the profile of Dr. Tom Frieden
Dr. Tom Frieden
Mar 11, 2022
Covid-19 Is Killing Younger Adults, and No One’s Noticed

Covid-19 Is Killing Younger Adults, and No One’s Noticed

Between August and December of 2021, 75,000 Americans aged 40–64 died of Covid-19. The vast majority were unvaccinated.
Go to the profile of James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki
Jan 31, 2022
What Are the Facts on Omicron? The Picture Is Getting Clearer

What Are the Facts on Omicron? The Picture Is Getting Clearer

Omicron poses a serious threat, but we’re not back to square one
Go to the profile of Dr. Tom Frieden
Dr. Tom Frieden
Jan 24, 2022
What the Data on Coronavirus Omicron Actually Shows

What the Data on Coronavirus Omicron Actually Shows

A lot of speculation about the new variant is not super helpful
Go to the profile of F. Perry Wilson, MD
F. Perry Wilson, MD
Nov 29, 2021
Masks and Vaccines Both Protect Kids From Covid

Masks and Vaccines Both Protect Kids From Covid

Three CDC studies show the benefits of masks and vaccination in reducing kids’ risk of Covid infection, hospitalization and death
Go to the profile of Tara Haelle
Tara Haelle
Oct 22, 2021
What Will the Next Few Months Look Like? Your Covid Questions, Answered.

What Will the Next Few Months Look Like? Your Covid Questions, Answered.

We need to maximize control of the virus while minimizing harm
Go to the profile of Dr. Tom Frieden
Dr. Tom Frieden
Oct 15, 2021
The Death Rate of Covid-19 in Developing Countries

The Death Rate of Covid-19 in Developing Countries

Why the pandemic has hit low-income places so hard
Go to the profile of Gideon M-K; Health Nerd
Gideon M-K; Health Nerd
Oct 4, 2021
If You Want to Imagine a Post-Covid Future, Look to Denmark

If You Want to Imagine a Post-Covid Future, Look to Denmark

Covid restrictions may feel permanent. Denmark’s experience shows they don’t need to be.
Go to the profile of James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki
Sep 30, 2021
An Opinion Pandemic

An Opinion Pandemic

Contrarian viewpoints on Covid-19 policy in mainstream opinion journalism risk provoking dire consequences
Go to the profile of Amitha Kalaichandran
Amitha Kalaichandran
Sep 22, 2021
Getting a Covid Vaccine While Breastfeeding Protects Your Baby

Getting a Covid Vaccine While Breastfeeding Protects Your Baby

Repeated studies reveal Covid antibodies in the breastmilk of people who have been vaccinated
Go to the profile of Tara Haelle
Tara Haelle
Aug 30, 2021
Don’t Call Them Booster Shots

Don’t Call Them Booster Shots

The Covid-19 vaccines work. So why are we planning to give fully vaccinated people a third dose?
Go to the profile of James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki
Aug 28, 2021
The International Debate on a Covid Vaccine ‘Booster Shot’

The International Debate on a Covid Vaccine ‘Booster Shot’

To boost or not to boost, that is the question (+ many others)
Go to the profile of Elad Simchayoff
Elad Simchayoff
Aug 10, 2021
Covid-19 Will Never Go Away

Covid-19 Will Never Go Away

Whether it becomes more or less deadly is the big question now
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Robert Roy Britt
Aug 16, 2021
Ivermectin Shows No Clear Benefit in the Treatment of Covid-19

Ivermectin Shows No Clear Benefit in the Treatment of Covid-19

New trial results find no statistically significant effect
Go to the profile of Gideon M-K; Health Nerd
Gideon M-K; Health Nerd
Aug 11, 2021
Our Two-Week Battle with the Covid Delta Variant

Our Two-Week Battle with the Covid Delta Variant

Fighting Covid taught me more than reporting on it ever could
Go to the profile of Elad Simchayoff
Elad Simchayoff
Aug 5, 2021
Why the Delta Variant is So Concerning: What You Need to Know

Why the Delta Variant is So Concerning: What You Need to Know

Answers to key questions about this even more contagious coronavirus
Go to the profile of Robert Roy Britt
Robert Roy Britt
Jul 30, 2021
What We Know About Covid Vaccines and Delta

What We Know About Covid Vaccines and Delta

Fully vaccinated people aren’t likely to get super sick from Delta, but they can probably get mildly sick and pass it on to others
Go to the profile of Tara Haelle
Tara Haelle
Jul 27, 2021
Is Covid-19 Exposure Post-Vaccination a Booster or a Risk?

Is Covid-19 Exposure Post-Vaccination a Booster or a Risk?

Will circulating variants of Covid-19 “boost” immunity in vaccinated populations?
Go to the profile of Jesse Smith, MD
Jesse Smith, MD
Jul 19, 2021
Do you need a Covid booster?

Do you need a Covid booster?

If you’re fully vaccinated, there’s no indication you need one yet. But many could urgently use that dose — here’s why.
Go to the profile of Craig Spencer MD MPH
Craig Spencer MD MPH
Jul 18, 2021
I Don’t Miss Covid

I Don’t Miss Covid

It’s been a long time since I saw a Covid patient in the ER and I couldn’t be happier
Go to the profile of Craig Spencer MD MPH
Craig Spencer MD MPH
Jun 10, 2021
What to Expect When Death Comes

What to Expect When Death Comes

In the wake of COVID-19, we are all grieving. How can we come to terms with death — and what does it teach us about living?
Go to the profile of Brandy L Schillace
Brandy L Schillace
Jun 9, 2021
The New Delta Strain Reveals the Shakiness of Our Covid-19 Situation

The New Delta Strain Reveals the Shakiness of Our Covid-19 Situation

The longer the wider world remains unvaccinated, the greater the risk that a devastating new variant will emerge
Go to the profile of Markham Heid
Markham Heid
Jun 8, 2021
The Absurdity of Peer Review

The Absurdity of Peer Review

What the pandemic revealed about scientific publishing
Go to the profile of Mark Humphries
Mark Humphries
Jun 3, 2021
How Will Kids Remember the Pandemic?

How Will Kids Remember the Pandemic?

The science of early memories gives some fascinating answers
Go to the profile of Elad Simchayoff
Elad Simchayoff
May 29, 2021
Long Haul Covid is an Awful Mystery

Long Haul Covid is an Awful Mystery

Go to the profile of Sadie Morghan
Sadie Morghan
May 15, 2021
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