Tag: Disease Rates
How Accurate Are At-Home Covid Tests? Here’s a Quick Guide
In the early months of the pandemic, getting a coronavirus test typically…
I’m Done Trying to Understand or Educate the Unvaccinated
In July, Michael Saag, a professor of medicine and infectious diseases expert…
The Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find
From the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus seemed to target people…
I’m an E.R. Doctor in Michigan, Where Unvaccinated People Are Filling Hospital Beds
Recently a patient in his 70s came seeking care at the small…
Omicron Cases in the U.S. Likely to Rise, Officials Say
Several dozen cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have…
What We Know About the New Covid Variant, Omicron
Citing the potential for waning immunity six months or more after vaccination,…
Upstate New York Hospitals Are Overwhelmed as Covid Cases Surge
A surge in Covid cases and a shortage of health care workers…
As Omicron Variant Circles the Globe, African Nations Face Blame and Bans
Nations in southern Africa protested bitterly on Saturday as more of the…
Omicron Variant Prompts Travel Bans and Batters World Markets
The world reacted with alarm on Friday to the highly mutated new…
Austria Imposes Lockdown Amid Europe’s Covid Surge
Vaccination rates in most of Western Europe are higher, but the levels…
As Thanksgiving Approaches, U.S. Virus Cases Tick Upward Once More
Dr. Rebecca Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois, said she…
First Known Covid Case Was Vendor at Wuhan Market, Scientist Says
A scientist who has pored over public accounts of early Covid-19 cases…