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An At-Home Covid Test Service Is Ghosting Its Clients
BeeperMD went viral on TikTok for bringing healthcare to your door. Now, multiple users are complaining of no-shows and undelivered results
5 Ways to Feel Happier During the Pandemic, According to Science
Exercising, volunteering and socializing all bolstered wellbeing during COVID-19
MAGA Diehards Melt Down Over Trump’s Pro-Vax Push
Anger and confusion reign as Trump endorses vaccines many followers believe are poison
Not So Down With Disease: Phish Postpone New Year’s Concerts Over Omicron Concerns
Band has scheduled another four-night run at Madison Square Garden in April — starting 4/20, to be exact
The Omicron Variant Appears Less Likely to Cause Severe COVID-19 Illness Than Delta
Preliminary data suggest that people with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are between 50% and 70% less likely to need hospitalization than those with the delta strain, Britain’s public health agency said Thursday. The U.K. Health Security Agency findings add to emerging evidence that omicron produces milder illness than other variants—but also spreads faster…
U.S. FDA Authorizes Merck’s COVID-19 Pill, Despite Experts Questioning Its Value
U.S. health regulators on Thursday authorized the second pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle the rising tide of omicron infections. The Food and Drug Administration authorization comes one day after the agency cleared a competing drug from Pfizer. That pill is likely to become the first-choice treatment against the virus, thanks to…
How the U.S. Shit the Bed on Tracking New Strains of Covid-19
Testing and surveillance are key — but the U.S.' "piecemeal" approach to both is leaving us vulnerable
For Some, a Second Pandemic Winter Means Seasonal Affective Disorder Is Hitting Hard
Last winter, A.S.—a 26-year-old from Minnesota who asked to go by her initials to protect her privacy while job searching—was terrified of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). No stranger to seasonal depression during Minnesota’s cold, dark, snowy winters, A.S. worried that pandemic isolation would only make the problem worse. She planned a regimen of prescribed antidepressants,…
China Locks Down 13 Million People in Xi’an Following COVID-19 Spike
There was no word on whether the virus was the newly surging omicron variant or the far more common delta
We Can’t Just Impose Restrictions Whenever COVID-19 Surges. Here’s a Better Plan for 2022
The arrival of Omicron, the latest and most transmissible COVID-19 variant to date, underscores the tremendous need for updated COVID-19 policy in the U.S. We always knew it would be difficult to contain a highly transmissible respiratory virus before Omicron. The arrival of the Delta variant forced us to abandon our goal of “herd immunity.” With the arrival…
South Africa’s Omicron-Driven COVID-19 Surge May Have Already Peaked
South Africa’s noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical experts say. Daily virus case counts are notoriously unreliable, as they can be affected by uneven testing, reporting delays and other fluctuations. But they are offering one tantalizing hint—far from conclusive…
The FDA Just Authorized the First COVID-19 Pill, a Pfizer Drug That Can Be Taken At Home
U.S. health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. The long-awaited milestone comes as U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all rising and health officials warn of a tsunami of new infections…