Megan Cerullo, CBS News, August 25, 2023 A familiar pandemic-era safety measure is making a comeback as new COVID-19 variants surface and cases of the disease flare in some parts of the U.S.: Mask mandates. The number of COVID-19 cases has climbed …
First long COVID treatment clinical trials from NIH getting underway
Alexander Tin, CBS News, August 7, 2023 Two new clinical trials to test potential treatments for long COVID are now set to launch, the National Institutes of Health said Monday, opening enrollment for the first of an array of federally-funded studies aimed …
COVID symptoms seem to never touch certain people — and researchers may have finally figured out why
Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, July 20, 2023 A new study is giving us insight into “super dodgers,” people who contract COVID-19 but never develop symptoms, and what sets them apart. Researchers say this group may have a genetic advantage, finding that they’re …
How many Americans still haven’t caught COVID-19? CDC publishes final 2022 estimates
Alexander Tin, CBS News, July 3, 2023 Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults and older teens had still not caught COVID-19 by the end of last year, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while …
COVID hospitalizations reach new record low nationwide, CDC says
Alexander Tin, CBS News, May 26, 2023 The number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 has fallen to a new record low nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. For the first time, preliminary figures from the CDC totalled just 8,256 …