Mercy Hospital’s Blessing Box vandalized in Ardmore

A small wooden box outside Mercy Hospital that has provided free groceries to area residents for a decade was vandalized last ...
World Socialist Web Site

An assessment of the ongoing toll of the COVID-19 pandemic

As the United States enters the seventh year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s public health infrastructure has been systematically dismantled through a deliberate campaign of ideological ...
Science Daily

Why long COVID brain fog seems so much worse in the U.S.

A massive international study of more than 3,100 long COVID patients uncovered a striking divide in how brain-related symptoms are reported around the world. In the U.S., the vast majority of ...
UC San Francisco

Solving Long COVID: How Decades of HIV Research Paved the Way

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, UC San Francisco researchers were already seeing signs of lingering symptoms in some who had been infected. Importantly, this was when experts still ...
Newsweek

Overlooked Virus Kills More Americans Each Year Than the Flu

COVID-19 is still killing more than 100,000 Americans a year, new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study shows—underscoring how the virus remains a major health threat even if the ...
The Conversation

Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?

Adrian Esterman receives funding from the NHMRC, MRFF and ARC. COVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet it hasn’t gone away. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is still with us.
Prevention

Doctors Reveal the Biggest COVID Symptoms to Watch for With the New Variant

The Stratus variant is fueling COVID-19 cases around the country. Symptoms of the virus look slightly different right now. Here, doctors share what to look out for and how to protect yourself from the ...
The Hill

Flu or COVID? How symptoms start can tell you which sickness you have

(NEXSTAR) – It’s that time of year again. The coughing, sneezing and sniffling is all around us, as both influenza and COVID-19 start to spread. When you start to feel sick, it can be hard to tell ...
The Atlantic

Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots

On the Friday after Thanksgiving, Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, made a claim that shocked the public-health establishment. “For the first time,” he wrote in a leaked email to his ...
PBS

FDA officials said without evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have killed children. Here’s what you should know

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said COVID-19 vaccines killed at least 10 children, providing no evidence for the statement. Citing these ...
The Conversation

Inquiry says COVID lockdowns could have been avoided – they’re right

Mark Woolhouse holds grants from the European Union and the Wellcome Trust. He was previously a member of the UK's advisory group on modelling SPI-M-O, the Scottish Government's Covid-19 Advisory ...
Yahoo

The Potential COVID Vaccine Side Effect No One's Talking About

Researchers discovered another potential side effect that isn't getting nearly as much attention/ What is it and why is it important? Here's what you need to know. 🩺 SIGN UP for Parade’s health ...