Aug 31 What students returning to campus are craving By Blake Lee-Whiting, Thomas Bergeron, The Conversation Students in an international survey said they really missed chances to be together in person for campus-related activities, not only due to academic concerns. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 9:38 CDC director discusses efforts to reform the agency amid COVID, monkeypox criticisms By PBS NewsHour Two and a half years into the pandemic, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is calling for a major overhaul of the agency. The changes would attempt to modernize operations and improve health messaging amid criticism over how the CDC managed COVID-19… Continue watching
Jul 29 U.S. reaches deal with Moderna for omicron COVID-19 vaccine By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The U.S. orders with Pfizer and Moderna include options to purchase 300 million doses each, but reaching that total will require more funding from Congress. Continue reading
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… Continue watching
Jun 17 How COVID funding could help improve air quality in schools By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News 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. Continue reading
May 30 The coronavirus will likely evade Paxlovid eventually. What that will mean for the pandemic is unclear By Jason Mast, STAT Resistance is the hobgoblin of antiviral medicine, even with antivirals as effective as Paxlovid. Continue reading
May 19 6 tips on showing up for someone in mourning By Laura Santhanam 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. Continue reading
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