Covid

Si quiere leer la versión en español, pulse aquí. One thing is consistent after the peak of every wave: A highly charged debate on how we move forward as individuals, as a community, as a nation, and as a globe. For example, right now we have one side suggesting to drop masks from here on out and another side that says keep mask mandates.

One way (maybe the only way) we’re going to get out of this pandemic is to vaccinate a large portion of the global population. To the WHO, this means reaching 70% of the population by mid-2022, which is ~3 billion unvaccinated people with 6-9 billion doses before another variant of concern.

As many as 30% of people with COVID develop the long-term illness, with many sufferers struggling to return to work.

Immunologists have raced to work out how to protect against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2. Their research has yielded a wealth of insights and a few surprises.

While the Omicron variant is considerably more contagious than prior variants, it may cause less damage to the lungs.

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It looks like Omicron has peaked in the United States and in many countries across the globe. Case patterns may uptick with the introduction of subvariant lineage, BA.2, but with a little luck we will largely be on our descent. And I can’t help but notice my inbox piled with great questions:

Bob Wachter is the chair of the Department of Medicine at the USCF medical center and last week he posted a pair of threads about what the Covid rates might look like in a month and how we might behave if that comes to p

Vaccination against COVID-19 is now a requirement for organ transplants at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and many, many others across the United States. The danger of contracting COVID-19 is so grea…

ThedaCare pursued legal action to prevent seven health care workers in Wisconsin from starting a new job at a nearby hospital.

Well, we are officially still in a pandemic. On January 19, the WHO Emergency Committee unanimously agreed that COVID19 is still a “public health threat of international concern.” Here is their specific

While not a substitute for vaccines, "CBD has the potential to prevent infections, such as breakthrough infections," the study's lead author said.

Vaccinated people with Omicron reported more sore throats and runny noses, but fewer instances of fever, cough, and loss of taste or smell.

New data released by health officials show nearly half of the patients in Massachusetts hospitals who tested positive for COVID were hospitalized for other reasons.

For The Atlantic, Ed Yong writes about an idea that has gained a certain amount of traction in recent weeks as hospital systems have been overwhelmed by the Omicron surge: medical care for unvaccinated people should be l

The Omicron variant appears somewhat less severe than previous strains of COVID-19, but it is still landing plenty of Americans — especially the unvaccinated — in the hospital. At present, more than 155,000 people with COVID are hospitalized, which is a higher number than last winter's surge.

New data show those who recovered from Covid-19 were less likely than vaccinated people to get infected during the Delta wave. But the data contain caveats that stress the value of vaccination, even with prior infection, experts said.

The masks will be available for pickup at pharmacies and community health centers across the country.

With fingers crossed, some experts think we may get a bit of a break from the Covid roller coaster after Omicron.

When the pandemic hit, tech companies pledged to let public health researchers mine their data for clues. Two years in, it’s clear that big data isn’t the panacea they’d hoped for.

Maybe, I let myself dream, this could open up some kind of possibility down the line—that watching our society crack might inspire us to patch those weak points up, maybe even through some sort of New Deal. Maybe this massive universal trauma could be redeemed, and future ones prevented, by creating a society that worked better for everyone.

The CDC says high-filtration masks like N95s provide the best protection. Here's how to find a good one — and avoid the fakes. Plus tips on how to fit them and how long to wear them.

Interactive aggregate data on COVID-19 cases in Alberta

Symptoms, testing, what to do if sick, daily activities, and more.

The medical community must find answers for those suffering from long Covid. They are running out of time and hope

As a complement to vaccines, small-molecule therapeutic agents are needed to treat or prevent infections by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its variants, which cause COVID-19. Affinity selection-mass spectrometry was used for the discovery of botanical ligands to the …

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