RSV Surge in Children Likely Caused by ‘Immunity Gap,’ Not COVID-19 Vaccine
SciCheck Digest Hospitals across the country are seeing a spike of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children. Experts say the...
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COVID in California: U.S. virus levels remain stagnant as surge fears mount
New coronavirus subvariants are rapidly spreading across California, overtaking the strain that led to a U.S. summer wave and fueling...
Will Covid Boosters Prevent Another Wave? Scientists Aren’t So Sure.
The shots may help older, pregnant and immunocompromised Americans dodge serious illness or death. But the doses are not likely...
CDC COVID data tracker: IL reports 1,797 new cases, 10 new deaths; booster vaccine encouraged amid COVID 19 omicron variant
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois reported 1,797 new COVID cases and 10 new deaths Friday.The Illinois Dept. of Public Health says...
Pfizer and BioNTech updated booster shows strong results against new omicron sublineages in fresh analysis of data
A fresh analysis of data on the immune response generated by the bivalent COVID-19 booster showed strong results against the...
Will Sutton: Don’t be silly. Protect yourself, family from flu, COVID.
Like most of us, I really love Thanksgiving with all the trimmings and the gathering of family and friends. Not...
The End of Vaccines at ‘Warp Speed’
Operation Warp Speed, the Trump-era program that poured billions of dollars into developing COVID shots, seemed to signal a new...
Offline: COVID-19—the lessons that science forgot
Remember the pandemic? Barely. Economist Impact, a policy research team within The Economist Group, supported by The Lancet's publisher Elsevier,...
A Goldilocks climate at home could protect you from COVID this winter
When lockdown rules were in full effect at the start of the pandemic, little thought was given to how the...
Jesus and the Founding Fathers: Christian nationalism is playing a major role in Ozarks politics
It’s a quiet Thursday evening in late July. A small crowd gathers in north Springfield. They’re watching a video lecture...