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The Delta Variant Increases Your Chances of Being Hospitalized with COVID-19, Study Finds
It’s clear that the Delta variant is more contagious than previous COVID-19 strains, as evidenced by the soaring case counts in the U.S. and around the world. But the big question has been whether it causes more severe disease than earlier versions of the virus that causes COVID-19. A peer-reviewed study published Friday in The…
Ron DeSantis’ School Mask Mandate Ban Struck Down by Florida Judge
The governor's mask ban "does not meet constitutional muster," Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper ruled on Friday
The Conservative Supreme Court Has Just Gotten Started
The six conservative justices on the Supreme Court decided they know better than the CDC by ending Biden's eviction moratorium
‘I Just Don’t Feel Like I Need It Yet.’ Why the NYPD Is Grappling With COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is struggling to vaccinate its employees. According to the department, an estimated 47% of its members are fully vaccinated under NYPD-administered programs against COVID-19 as of Aug. 24. Even accounting for a percentage of the NYPD’s force who may have been vaccinated outside work and not provided details…
Neil Young on Concerts In the Covid Age: ‘These Are Super Spreader Events’
"Live Nation, AEG, and the other big promoters could shut this down," he writes, "if they could just forget about making money for a while"
The Stakes for Tokyo’s COVID-19 Bubble Are Even Higher for the Paralympics. Can It Keep Vulnerable Athletes Safe?
Some Paralympic athletes may be at greater risk of COVID-19 complications due to respiratory or immune system issues
Kiss Cancel Show After Paul Stanley Tests Positive for Covid
The band is just four shows into their End of the Road Tour
How ‘America’s Frontline Doctors’ Sold Access to Bogus COVID-19 Treatments—and Left Patients in the Lurch
Mike says he was struggling with COVID-19 when he felt his breathing getting worse. He did not want to go to the Veterans Affairs hospital near his home, where he believed doctors might put him on a ventilator. And he knew they would not prescribe the treatment he really wanted: a drug called ivermectin. So…
Largest Study of Lingering COVID-19 Effects Suggests a Looming Problem
Researchers in China followed COVID-19 patients’ health for up to a year to understand the disease’s long term effects
TikTok Is Full of Videos of People Promoting Ivermectin, the Horse Deworming Medication Falsely Touted as a Covid Cure
The platform's algorithm promotes videos of people drinking cocktails of the drug, which is perhaps best known as a horse and dog deworming treatment
Greg Abbott Bounces Back From Positive Covid Test to Ban Vaccine Mandates in Texas
The governor is doubling down on his statewide ban of Covid-19 vaccine mandates, issuing an executive order that bars all local government entities from imposing them
Pediatric COVID-19 Cases Are Surging, Pushing Hospitals—and Health Care Workers—to Their Breaking Points
Aug. 20 was a good day in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. Carvase Perrilloux, a two-month-old baby who’d come in about a week earlier with respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19, was finally ready to breathe without the ventilator keeping his tiny body alive. “You did it!” nurses in PPE cooed…