By Kaity Kline, August 15, 2024 If it seems like a lot of people are getting COVID right now, you’re not imagining it. We’re in the middle of a worldwide summer COVID-19 wave. A high or very high level of …
Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here’s what that means
By Rob Stein, August 9, 2024 Four years after SARS-CoV2 sparked a devastating global pandemic, U.S. health officials now consider COVID-19 an endemic disease. “At this point, COVID-19 can be described as endemic throughout the world,” Aron Hall, the deputy director …
Coronavirus FAQ: Is the 6-foot rule debunked? Or does distance still protect you?
By Marc Silver, June 23, 2024 We all remember those early days of the pandemic. I used to run with a mask on outdoors with no one in sight. (Imagine my relief to learn that outdoor air effectively disperses pathogens). …
What to make of the new COVID variants, FLiRT
By Alisa Chang, Mallory Yu, Patrick Jarenwattananon, June 3, 2024 As much as we would all love to ignore COVID, a new set of variants that scientists call “FLiRT” is here to remind us that the virus is still with …
U.S. life expectancy rebounded in 2022 but COVID and drug overdoses were still deadly
Brian Mann, NPR, March 21, 2024 Life expectancy in the U.S. bounced back in 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic faded, rising from 76.4 years in 2021 to 77.5 years on average. That’s according to two new studies released early Thursday …