There’s a New Covid-19 Variant and Cases Are Ticking Up. What Do You Need to Know?
By Julie Appleby It’s winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged,…
Latino Teens Are Deputized as Health Educators to Sway the Unvaccinated
By Heidi de Marco Classmates often stop Alma Gallegos as she makes her way down the bustling hallways of Theodore Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno, California. The…
Medical Experts Discuss the Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Benjamin Neufeld Despite increasingly lax attitudes around the COVID-19 pandemic among the majority of the population, new vaccine resistant variants continue to form and spread throughout the…
New Report Details the Harmful Legacy of Title 42
Edward Kissam The Trump administration’s efforts to politicize the COVID-19 pandemic are well documented in reporting going back to the earliest days of the crisis. But a new…
‘Pandemic Is Far From Over’: People’s CDC Tells Congress to Fund Covid Response
By Kenny Stancil A progressive coalition called the People’s CDC on Tuesday criticized the federal government for releasing a “horrifying set” of relaxed public health guidelines earlier this month…
‘Commercializing’ Covid-19 Response is Bad News on All Fronts
By Edward Kissam Recent comments by White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha point to a major shift in the administration’s approach to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic….
Grassroots Work Leads to Vaccination Success in Southern Refugee Community
By Alander Rocha Naw Mu Chaw had questions about the possible side effects of a covid-19 vaccine. Chaw, a recent refugee from Myanmar, received medical care at…
Experts Say Now is Not the Time to Drop Our Guard on Covid
By Jenny Manrique Health experts say that even as more people are vaccinated and boosted, the corona virus is here to stay. And they warn that future variants…
Everything You Need to Know About Paxlovid. Should You Take It?
By Michelle Andrews When President Joe Biden tested positive for covid-19 on July 21, his physician recommended he take the antiviral drug Paxlovid. The drug significantly reduces the…
Boost Now or Wait? Many Wonder How Best to Ride Out Covid’s Next Wave
By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get vaccinated against covid-19 at first. With her health issues — hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma — she wanted to…