COVID-19

Encouraging parents to vaccinate their kids against Covid-19 can be a delicate dance. Data, rhetoric, and insults won’t help. Listening and empathy can. 

New drug targets and tools for identifying promising drugs suggest treatments for Covid-19—and future diseases.

Why it took so long to acknowledge that Covid-19 is airborne—and what we need to do now.

Public health can respond to the challenges of the moment and tackle fundamental barriers to health.

Individuals with food insecurity were also two to three times more likely to have delayed or foregone specific types of care, including skipping a recommended treatment, test or follow-up visit, and not filling a prescription.

What's next for COVID vaccines—and why do we need more? The bottom line: the more vaccines we have that people are willing to take, the better off we're going to be.

The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that early outpatient treatment using high-titer COVID convalescent plasma reduced the need for hospitalization by more than half.

In most households where both children and adults had antibody evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, children ages 0-4 years had the highest levels of SARS-CoV-2 RBD and neutralizing antibodies of all infected household members.    

Even as BA.2 and “deltacron” set off feelings of panic or exhaustion, vaccinations and boosters continue to provide the best protection.

The study findings underscore the importance of prioritizing worker safety and well-being in health departments and in public health systems, especially in times of crisis and discord.

New evidence suggests anyone infected with COVID is at higher risk for heart issues—a risk that persists even in relatively healthy people long after the illness has passed.

Covid shots keep kids out of the hospital and in school—and can prevent serious health issues like long Covid and MISC-C.

The next White House Global COVID-19 Summit is a chance for advocates to push for investments to end the pandemic, including expanding access to existing tools and accelerating innovation.

Using common strategies to address transmission, testing, and treatment of respiratory viruses will help us keep illnesses in check—and prepare for future pandemics.