America’s Pandemic Orphans Are Slipping Through the Cracks
A new plan to help them will likely be too little, too late.
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America Is Staring Down Its First So What? Wave
The United States could be in for a double whammy: a surge it cares to neither measure nor respond to.
Seriously, Why Not Get a Fourth Shot?
The risks from over-boosting are very small.
Why Kids’ COVID-Vaccine Results Don’t Look Like Adults’
After a stellar run in adult and teen trials, the vaccines are now trying to contend with Omicron, and the numbers show it.
Is Ukraine Barreling Toward a COVID Surge?
War is creating the perfect conditions for an outbreak.
America Is About to Test How Long ‘Normal’ Can Hold
Whenever it arrives, the next surge could put the country’s tolerance for disease and death in full relief.
Get Ready for a Wave of Missed Infections
At last, rapid COVID tests are everywhere—and that means a surge of false-negative results.
America’s Flu-Shot Problem Is Also Its Next COVID-Shot Problem
The successes and failures of annual flu-shot campaigns hold lessons for the future of COVID vaccines.
Another COVID Wave Is Looming
How bad will it be?
America Is Zooming Through the Pandemic Panic-Neglect Cycle
All epidemics trigger the same Sisyphean cycle of panic and neglect. Even so, that cycle isn’t meant to spin this quickly.