“We are really working day and night” to figure out long Covid, one researcher said. By Yasmin Tayag Even as the number of new Covid-19 cases in the US is dropping, hundreds of thousands of Americans are still testing positive every day. More than 28 million new cases...
We need to wear better masks
Cloth masks won’t cut it against omicron. By Ellen Ioanes The rapid spread of the omicron variant means that many medical and public health experts are urging Americans to adopt better masking protocols to protect themselves and others from the spread of...
Are we turning the corner on Covid-19 treatments?
Covid-19 treatments are key to living with the virus. Here’s where we’re at. By Kelsey Piper When the vaccines against Covid-19 first started rolling out less than a year ago, there was widespread hope that it signaled the beginning of the end of the...
How much worse can the coronavirus get?
By Brian Resnick The delta variant of the coronavirus is here. It’s scary. It seems to spread more easily than any of the variants we’ve seen so far. It’s quickly becoming the dominant strain of the virus, outcompeting other strains. But it may not be the...