By Sarah Meyer and Georgina Peacock, Scientific American, April 15, 2024 For the first time, we have vaccines that can protect older adults against three leading—and sometimes fatal—respiratory viral diseases: influenza, COVID and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This is a …
Rampant COVID poses new challenges in the fifth year of the pandemic
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, February 6, 2024 For four years now, either as a physical virus or as a looming threat, the COVID-causing pathogen SARS-CoV-2 has been the elephant in every room—sometimes confronted and sometimes ignored but always present. While once …