By MYAH WARD THE LULL IN THE LULL — We’ve reached another one of those unsettling, too-good-to-be-true moments in the pandemic. Cases have plummeted in the U.S., and the CDC says more than 98 percent of the population can go mask-free. I’m feeling hopeful...
How to spot the next Omicron
By MYAH WARD CONNECT THE DOTS— It’s been two weeks since South African scientists alerted the world of a new Covid variant on Friday, Nov. 26. Two weeks is also the amount of timethe president’s top health adviser, Anthony Fauci, said it would take to...
Covid-19 origins still murky after Biden administration’s 90-day investigation
Biden said the efforts to determine the root cause of the pandemic “will not rest.” By Myah Ward The Biden administration’s 90-day investigation into the origins of Covid-19 was inconclusive, according to an unclassified report released from the intelligence community...
The Covid-sized hole in Biden’s vax order
By Myah Ward A TIME OF TESTING (FOR SOME) — President Joe Biden unveiled his don’t-call-it-a-mandate vaccine mandate for 2 million federal employees today, announcing that the civilian workforce and federal contractors will be required to disclose whether...
How to worry about the Delta variant
By Myah Ward YEARS TO COME’ — How bad is it out there?The CDC said today that Delta now accounts for 83 percent of new Covid cases in the U.S. Less than half of the country is fully protected against the highly transmissible variant. These alarming...