Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, US News & World Report, February 14, 2024 The latest COVID-19 wave in the U.S. appears to have peaked and started retreating, but concerns over a new variant are always lurking. Several COVID-19 metrics – including hospital admissions …
Flu hangs on in U.S., fading in some areas and intensifying in others
Mike Stobbe, PBS News Hour, February 9, 2024 The flu virus is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Friday …
How to get COVID-19 antiviral pills like Paxlovid
Associated Press, US News & World Report, February 7, 2024 For some people with COVID-19, antiviral pills that can be taken at home can lessen the chances of winding up in the hospital. But the pills have to be taken …
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 …
COVID variant JN.1 now more than 90% of cases in U.S., CDC estimates
Alexander Tin, CBS News, February 5, 2024 Close to all new COVID-19 cases in the United States are now being caused by the JN.1 variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, with an estimated 93.1% of infections now blamed on the highly …