Covid-19

Why Won’t More Older Americans Get Their Covid Booster?

A central question for scientists championing boosters is why rates have stalled among people 65 and older.

3 years ago

One Trick to Dropping Covid Risk

Good quality sleep can boost your immune system’s T-cells to fight off infection and lower your COVID-19 infection risk.

3 years ago

Cardiovascular Disease Even After Mild COVID-19 Is Real

Eleanor, a friend who is vaccinated and boosted, was always very careful about contacts with others. She met with a…

3 years ago

Alcohol + Capitalism = Deadlier Than COVID

It was always stupid to make alcohol ubiquitous during the pandemic. In the early days of the pandemic, two things shocked…

3 years ago

COVID Omicron — Is Hand Washing Still Needed?

THE OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 appears to survive twice as long on surfaces as the original coronavirus strain from Wuhan, China.…

3 years ago

Wordle Highlights the Essential Nature of Shared Experience

"Did you do the Wordle?" "Wait!! Don't tell me! I haven't done it yet!" Almost every day, these words are…

3 years ago

Are At-Home COVID Tests the Answer?

Do over-the-counter COVID tests make our communities safer? The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a significant mobilization towards ensuring that information…

3 years ago

Was 2019 a High-Water Mark for Global Public Health?

There is a reason most children today live into adulthood, women around the world no longer feel like surviving childbirth…

3 years ago

Aiding and Abetting a Virus

Viruses are the ultimate freeloaders. The best among them — influenza, smallpox and SARS-CoV-2 — spread easily among human hosts…

3 years ago

Why Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead

[This story ran originally on NPR and was reprinted in KHN News. Authored by Rachana Pradhan. It is reprinted with…

3 years ago

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