Health Jul 29 U.S. reaches deal with Moderna for omicron COVID-19 vaccine By Zeke Miller, Associated Press
Health Jul 16 Watch 7:47 How omicron subvariants are causing a surge in COVID infections COVID cases are spiking in many parts of the country and hospital admissions have doubled since May. The latest surge is being driven by two new omicron subvariants. The CDC estimates that the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants represent more than…
Health Jun 17 How COVID funding could help improve air quality in schools Researchers say the billions in pandemic funding available for ventilation upgrades in U.S. schools provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat COVID-19, as well as making air more breathable. By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News
Health May 30 The coronavirus will likely evade Paxlovid eventually. What that will mean for the pandemic is unclear Resistance is the hobgoblin of antiviral medicine, even with antivirals as effective as Paxlovid. By Jason Mast, STAT
Health May 19 6 tips on showing up for someone in mourning Potential missteps in how we express our sympathy to others often emerge from our discomfort in witnessing another person in pain. But this advice from grief experts helps reframe how words can support people whose loved ones have died. By Laura Santhanam
May 14 Watch 5:52 ‘Faces Of COVID’ memorializes Americans who have died during the pandemic By Sam Weber, Maea Lenei Buhre Each day the Twitter thread “Faces Of COVID” posts the names, images and a short remembrance of Americans who have died from COVID-19. The project was started by Boston-based communications consultant Alex Goldstein, who has posted more than 7,000 remembrances… Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 4:19 U.S. nears 1 million COVID deaths amid questions over pandemic’s next phase By Geoff Bennett, Claire Mufson, Winston Wilde, Andrew Corkery The United States is right on the brink of reaching 1 million COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic over two years ago. As this grim milestone approaches, health experts nationwide are debating whether or not a new phase… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch 7:25 Dr. Fauci on why the U.S. is ‘out of the pandemic phase’ As COVID cases begin to pick up across the U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said that three out of every four children have been infected by COVID. This comes as the White House moved to… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 6:16 Citizen poets share details of their pandemic lives in ‘Dear Vaccine’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet A new poetry anthology called “Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic” illuminates how people around the world have experienced COVID-19. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Naomi Shihab Nye, an author, editor and current Young People’s Poet Laureate, to… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch 8:14 White House COVID response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha discusses the uptick in coronavirus cases By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Cybele Mayes-Osterman With the rise of the BA.2 variant in some parts of the country, many questions remain about how to best navigate daily life and what precautions should or should not be taken. White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha… Continue watching