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What Hurricane Ida Means for Louisiana’s COVID-19 Problem
With only about 40% of Louisianans vaccinated, the Delta variant is spreading as quickly as floodwaters
I Was Nervous About Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine While Pregnant. Here’s What Convinced Me to Do It
In March, when President Biden announced that COVID-19 vaccines would soon be available to all Americans, my husband and I decided to press pause on the whole maybe-getting-pregnant-soon thing. We would get our vaccines first, have a Hot Vaxxed Summer full of booze and parties, and then go back to the kids question once we…
When Will COVID-19 Vaccines Be Available for Younger Kids?
As the school year gets underway and the Delta variant continues its march through the U.S. population, many parents with kids younger than 12 have the same question: When will vaccines become available for my child? No one knows exactly when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may grant one or multiple COVID-19 vaccines…
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…
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
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…
Half of U.S. Workers Favor Employee COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Poll Finds
The poll was conducted before the Pfizer's full FDA approval, which some hope will persuade more people to get the shot
California’s Wildfire Problem Could Be Solved by a Few Legal Changes
Some aspects of the crisis might be fixed with a paper and pen
The Current COVID-19 Vaccine Card is Terrible. We Asked Professional Designers to Create a Better Version
It’s hard to move through the modern world without carrying a full deck of personal cards with you: driver’s license, insurance card, credit cards, bank card, Medicare card, student ID card and more. They are the transactional visas of contemporary life and they’ve been designed with that role in mind—durable, portable, easy to use, hard…
Telehealth Took Off During the Pandemic. Now, Battles Over State Lines and Licensing Threaten Patients’ Options
Televisits for medical care took off during the worst days of the pandemic, quickly becoming commonplace. Throughout, it’s probably seemed like it doesn’t matter what state the provider of these telehealth services is located. But that’s only because most states, along with the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, temporarily waived rules requiring licensed…
Villagers in Siberia, Facing Wildfires and a Warming Climate, Battle to Protect their Homes
Shovels, axes, and Soviet-era tractors make up much of their arsenal against the blazes
Schools Across the U.S. Are Already Switching Back to Remote Learning Amid COVID-19 Surge
In more than a dozen states, more than 80 school districts or charter networks have closed or delayed in-person classes