When the government becomes a health misinformation superspreader
Kevin Griffis was director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s office of communications from 2022 until last ...
COVID-19 brought about a large rise in blood circulation disorder cases, study suggests
The number of patients diagnosed with a chronic and oftentimes debilitating blood circulation disorder has risen sharply in ...
Don't take scientific progress for granted
We should take the Trump administration’s cuts to science funding seriously, writes Arturo Casadevall and Ferric C. Fang, ...
Early pandemic vulnerability to severe COVID identified for certain immune system genotypes
Imagine a previously unknown bug—new to our immune defenses—that suddenly emerged and rapidly spread all over the globe, ...
Science Friday7d
Revisiting Lessons Learned From World Of Warcraft’s Virtual Pandemic
In 2005, a software bug triggered a pandemic in the video game World Of Warcraft. It ended up foreshadowing many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opinion
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
In 2023, after a brief hiatus, tuberculosis regained from COVID its status as the world’s deadliest infectious disease—a title it has held for most of what we know of human history. Some people die of ...
ABC News14d
What we still don't know about COVID 5 years after the WHO declared a pandemic
Questions remain over where COVID came from and how long it spread undetected. Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, leading to stay at ...
CNN14d
The defining photos of the pandemic — and the stories behind them
It was April 2020, near the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the man was showing all the symptoms of the disease. “The man's family, who was there, agreed to the procedure, and they also ...
Yahoo14d
5 years after the pandemic started, COVID-19 is still around. Masks? Not so much.
What's our relationship with masking five years after the pandemic started? (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) ...
The Indian Express15d
Which dates are best for blood sugar control and fasting? Here’s the superfood list
Question is are they safe enough for blood sugar? CAN DATES CONTROL BLOOD SUGAR? Despite their sweetness, dates have a low to moderate glycaemic index (GI) — a measure of how quickly food breaks down ...
Science News15d
5 years after COVID-19 became a pandemic, are we ready for what’s next?
Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Whether it still is depends on who you ask. There are no clear criteria to mark the end of a pandemic ...
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COVID anniversary: Day of reflection across UK to mark five years since start of pandemic
Bereaved families and communities nationwide have come together to reflect on and mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Events have been taking place across the UK to ...