WHO COVID origins panel focuses on 2 hypotheses amid big data gaps
Bill Gates at Gavi event in 2011. Photo: UK DFID / Flickr cc In the wake of US defunding of...
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WHO adds XFG to SARS-CoV-2 variants under monitoring
Bill Gates at Gavi event in 2011. Photo: UK DFID / Flickr cc In the wake of US defunding of...
Analysis: Pandemic disruptions compounded malaria, mental illness burden
Yesterday in BMJ, researchers published a new model of COVID-19 pandemic healthcare disruptions, showing that they led to increases in...
Medical groups sue HHS, Kennedy over COVID vaccine policy changes
Six medical groups today sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Face masks come back to forefront amid triple threat of Covid-19, flu, RSV
CNN — Months after most mask requirements have come to an end and many people have stopped wearing them, some...
COVID levels in Palo Alto watershed reach pandemic high
While transmission of respiratory syncytial virus has begun to plateau in Santa Clara County, the county's top health official said...
Paxlovid, a drug to treat COVID-19, has been free so far. Next year, patients will have to pay the cost.
Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent...
Why We Still Don’t Have At-Home Testing for Flu and RSV
Most of us are used to a certain routine by now for when we feel sick. If we feel a...
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CDC director is urging people to wear masks indoors and on public transit, raising alarms about the ‘tridemic’
Federal and local health departments must invest in better data tracking technology to quickly respond to viral outbreaks, such as...
A triple threat: Children vulnerable to seasonal flu, RSV, and COVID-19 are straining health care systems
By Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University; and Annette Regan, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of...