While many Americans say they’re over COVID-19, the virus doesn’t seem to have taken the hint. Instead, it’s been spinning off new variants and subvariants at a furious pace and continuing to infect hundreds of thousands of people every day. But now that frantic pattern could finally be coming to an end — and (fingers … Read more
A member of the medical staff treats a patient infected with COVID-19 at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on February 22, 2020. (STR/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON – With tensions between the United States and China deepenthe question of how and where the coronavirus originated remains an intense point of contention, especially as the “laboratory … Read more
WASHINGTON – Science author Nicholas Wade arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify at a Republican panel on the origins of the coronavirus, but was instead confronted with questions about “An annoying legacy,” his controversial 2014 book on race and genetics, which Democrats have noticed it had been endorsed by the notorious racist and … Read more
For the past 18 months, the original COVID-19 vaccines — first as a two-dose series, then as boosters — have done an extraordinary job protecting us from illness, hospitalization and death. In the world, they saved nearly 20 million lives in 2021 alone. Even today, unvaccinated Americans are twice as likely as vaccinated Americans to … Read more
Top US health officials warned on Tuesday that an increase of COVID 19 the cases led by the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.5 has come, but he stressed that the country has the tools – such as vaccines and antiviral treatments – to prevent people from getting seriously ill. “We know how to manage it,” … Read more
“The 360” shows you different perspectives on the main stories and debates of the day. What is up In the weeks following the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended constitutional protections for abortion, the White House has been heavily criticized by many Democrats for what they see as a lukewarm response … Read more
“The 360” shows you different perspectives on the main stories and debates of the day. What is up As cases of monkey pox continue to grow in the United States, public health experts are beginning to question whether it is too late to prevent the infectious disease – which has been endemic in parts of … Read more
WASHINGTON – The next day a new President Biden without coronavirus embarked in a post-infection vacation in South CarolinaThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released revisions to pandemic guidance that clearly indicate a shift from the state of emergency approach that has been in place, at least at the federal level, since 2020. … Read more
WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci may be on the cusp of retirementbut this has not made the president’s first medical adviser immune to political attacks from opponents who hold him responsible for various shortcomings, real or perceived, in how the nation has handled the coronavirus pandemic. His most recent critic is Twitter owner Elon Musk, … Read more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a press conference in Miami on Dec. 1 (Ronen Tivony/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire) A day after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a push to investigate alleged harm caused by coronavirus vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, criticized the move as an unnecessary exercise that it … Read more