A high-quality, well-fitting mask is your best protection against infection from the coronavirus, influenza and R.S.V. By Dana G. Smith Masks are back, and, this time, they’re not just for Covid-19. A “tripledemic” of the coronavirus, influenza and respiratory...
INTEL BRIEFING DOCUMENT: Scientists’ talks to DC officials created an earworm in the intelligence community with lyrics bent against a Chinese lab accident. By Paul D. Thacker “I remember it very well,” the National Institutes of Health’s Anthony Fauci told USA...
by Isabella Backman Individuals with long COVID, sometimes referred to as “long-haulers,” experience symptoms that may persist for weeks, months, or even years after their acute viral infection. While symptoms vary widely, a common complaint among patients is “brain...
The Twitter owner has taken shots at targets like Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s chief immunologist, in moves that may appeal to the right, but not advertisers. By Andrew Ross Sorkin, et al. Why Elon Musk might be taking on Anthony Fauci Since taking over Twitter,...
By Chris Kay A “Surreal” Comeback Measles has made an unwelcome global resurgence from Ohio to Indonesia with cases rising around the world, and the worst of it is happening across India. Health workers in the country that’s home to 1.4 billion...
Catch22Report_Draft1-3Download
By Anthony Fauci Dr. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. lthough I hesitate to use the hackneyed expression “It seems like just yesterday,” it does feel that way as I prepare to...
By Peter B. Gilbert, Ph.D., et al. The rapid identification of a correlate of protection (CoP) for Covid-19 vaccines — on the basis of several harmonized randomized phase 3 trials using common validated assays — constitutes an important success in vaccinology. A CoP...
By Kara Manke A study published today in the journal Nature Communications reveals how a viral toxin produced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus may contribute to severe COVID-19 infections. The study shows how a portion of the SARS-CoV-2 “spike” protein can...
— "Infuriating to see misinformation mongers being taken seriously" by Amanda D'Ambrosio Pierre Kory, MD, one of the most vocal proponents of ivermectin for COVID-19, has the support of Simon & Schuster, with the leading publishing house slated to distribute his...
— As the U.S. heads back to "normal," we should never return to the old way health systems were run by Gary Tamkin, MD "Never let a good crisis go to waste." -- Winston Churchill Many of the initiatives adopted by hospitals, regulatory agencies, executives, and care...
— We must regulate LDTs that carry risk by Stephanie Rogus, PhD, RDN, and Peter G. Lurie, MD, MPH Imagine nearly ending a pregnancy because a lab test was wrong. In January 2022, a story in the New York Times recounted one pregnant woman's...
Residents lined up at hospitals and pharmacies, seeking help for fevers and buying at-home tests after the government’s decision to ease its “zero Covid” policy. By Keith Bradsher At a hospital in the affluent Beijing district of Chaoyang, close to 100 people lined up...
Letter to the Editor from Masaki Imai, D.V.M., Ph.D., et al. Three sublineages of the B.1.1.529 (omicron) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have serially transitioned into globally dominant forms — first BA.1, then BA.2, and then...
— This past week in healthcare investigations by Jennifer Henderson Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. News Outlets Stand By Story on COVID Origin...