Nature2d
What sparked the COVID pandemic? Mounting evidence points to raccoon dogs
More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.
Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in Alabama
People left waiting for months on their unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic in Alabama can sue the state, the ...
Book Review: ‘Disposable’ a journey through the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Journalist Sarah Jones chronicles the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by ...
It’s Been 5 Years Since Covid Hit. Do You Travel Differently Now?
The pandemic was declared in March 2020, shutting down travel for months. How did the lockdowns, and then the surge in demand ...
Social Security Gets Major $205-Billion Boost After COVID Deaths
The deaths of over a million Americans during the pandemic allowed the Social Security program to save billions in future ...
Everyone's sick this winter. What’s up with flu, norovirus, RSV and COVID?
Experts say this is the worst flu season in the U.S. in more than a decade and cases are still trending up. Flu infections ...
Nature5d
Learn COVID pandemic lessons — before it’s too late
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public weariness and irresponsible politics are hampering an effective ...
Marketplace4d
How excess deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Social Security
New research finds that the number of COVID-19 deaths was large enough to result in a $205 billion net increase to the Social ...
Yahoo1d
Americans reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic five years later
It has been five years since the pandemic changed the lives of everyone. On march 11, 2020 the World Health Organization ...
R.I. students have recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than the rest of New England
But they’re still a third of a grade level behind in both math and reading compared to students before the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Chinese researchers find bat virus enters human cells via same pathway as COVID
A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus ...
Health Affairs3d
Demographic Variation In US Outpatient Hydroxychloroquine And Ivermectin Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic
As COVID-19 surged across the US starting in 2020, so too did the use of repurposed medications such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19 infections. Use of these medications ...