Health Dec 15 U.S. faces double coronavirus surge as omicron variant spreads Omicron, even if it proves milder on the whole, may disarm some of the life-saving tools available and put immune-compromised and elderly people at particular risk as it begins a rapid assault on the United States.
Health Dec 01 Mysteries of omicron variant could take weeks to decipher Up to now, the world has been slow to react to each coronavirus curveball. This time an early warning from South Africa and Botswana might have offered important head start.
Health Apr 13 More women than men are getting COVID shots More women than men are getting COVID vaccines, even as more men are dying of the disease.
Politics Aug 17 Politics slows flow of U.S. virus funds to local public health Since the pandemic began, Congress has set aside trillions of dollars to ease the crisis. A joint Kaiser Health News and Associated Press investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local…