‘The way it’s playing out is unexpected’: the changing waves of Covid
‘The way it’s playing out is unexpected’: UK faces up to changing waves of CovidAs infections soar in the third...
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COVID reinfection has a silver lining—one that may tame the pandemic
Temperatures aren’t the only thing skyrocketing right now.It’s the summer of reinfection, with the likelihood of getting COVID yet again...
New COVID Vaccines Will be Ready This Fall. America Won’t.
Not so long ago, America’s next COVID fall looked almost tidy. Sure, cases might rise as the weather chills and...
Restaurants are short-staffed, and that’s taking a big toll on customers and workers alike
A waiter works at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 3, 2022.Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty ImagesJeff Rothenberg...
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The BA.5 subvariant of omicron doesn’t care that you just had Covid-19
The pattern has become all too familiar: A new version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus emerges and begins to dominate new...
Kids’ coronavirus vaccines are hard to find in Fla. Many blame DeSantis.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — When coronavirus vaccines for infants and young children were authorized for the first time last...
BA.5 spurs new calls to fund next-generation COVID-19 vaccines
The rise of the BA.5 variant is spurring new calls for funding for an Operation Warp Speed 2.0 to accelerate...
BA.5 Omicron subvariant 4 times more vaccine-resistant, says study
The BA.5 Omicron subvariant, now the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, is four times more resistant to Covid-19 vaccines,...
People are getting COVID again and again… and again. Is this the new normal?
Increasingly, experts fear, the answer is yes. While doctors agree it’s unlikely people will get infected twice with the same...
Nail technicians demand safer working conditions and steadier pay as Covid aggravates risks
Nail salon workers in New York are pushing for industrywide health and labor standards over fears that working conditions have...