Mar 29 How to stay safe from COVID this summer, according to experts By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The safest way to approach socializing in an ongoing pandemic involves a similar risk assessment to the one many people have been exercising since stay-at-home orders were lifted months ago, rather than throwing caution to the wind. Continue reading
Feb 26 Labs can’t tell you if you have a COVID variant, a problem for tracking and prevention By Christina Jewett, JoNel Aleccia, Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News As experts race to get an approved test for COVID variants, officials are severely restricted from sharing information about the cases. That makes it harder to protect others. Continue reading
Feb 09 COVID-19 vaccines can adapt to new variants. Here’s what it will take By Laura Santhanam Drugmakers are exploring how to tailor vaccines more narrowly to these mutants, but modifying existing vaccines is not as easy as flipping a switch. Continue reading