Biden to Expand Access to At-Home Covid Kits: 4 Essential Reads on the Critical Role of Rapid Tests
Learn the basics about at-home Covid-19 test kits and the role they play in helping slow the spread of the coronavirus
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Genomic sequencing: Here’s how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants
Sequencing the genome of a virus gives researchers information on how mutations can affect its transmissibility and virulence.
How Effective Are Vaccines Against Omicron? An Epidemiologist Answers 6 Questions
Understanding how much protection a vaccine offers is not as simple as it sounds
How Can Scientists Update Coronavirus Vaccines for Omicron? A Microbiologist Answers 5 Questions About How Moderna and Pfizer Could Rapidly Adjust mRNA Vaccines
If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant, it’s possible that existing vaccines won’t be as effective as they have been
Why Covid-19 Must Be Included in Safer Sex Messaging on College Campuses
With Covid-19 with us for the foreseeable future, it has become increasingly clear that educators need to develop a new definition of safer sex
Grocery Workers Suffer the Mental Health Effects of Customer Hostility and Lack of Safety in Their Workplace
Shoppers have become increasingly rude, to the point that interactions with customers are now often contentious and occasionally violent
Omicron: Why the WHO Designated It a Variant of Concern
The decision has already precipitated a broad shift in priorities in pandemic management on a global scale
Here’s Why Rapid Covid Tests Are so Expensive and Hard to Find
Monthslong silences. Mysterious rejections. Here's what's behind the shortages of a critical tool for ending the pandemic.
Success of Covid Antiviral Pills Hinges on Access to Speedy and Accurate Tests
U.S. testing capacity continues to be plagued by supply-chain bottlenecks, staffing shortages, intermittent spikes in demand and results that can take hours — or far longer
How Rural Communities Are Losing Their Pharmacies
Corner pharmacies are disappearing from many areas of the country, leaving an estimated 41 million Americans in what are known as drugstore deserts
Fewer Diabetes Patients Are Picking up Their Insulin Prescriptions – Another Way the Pandemic Has Delayed Health Care for Many
Although insulin is a vital component of diabetes management, the pandemic has led many patients to forgo the prescriptions they need
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