Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers More Than Others
By Martha Bebinger In March 2020, just weeks into the covid-19 pandemic, the incident command center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston was scrambling to understand this deadly…
4 Things to Know About the J&J Covid Vaccine Pause
By Phil Galewitz Four months into the largest U.S. vaccine rollout in decades, it’s become clear that the messaging surrounding covid-19 vaccination efforts is as important as the science…
Vaccination Efforts Aim to Fight New Strains of COVID-19
By Jenny Manrique The race to achieve herd immunity before new strains of the coronavirus prevail among the population, continues to run into one of the biggest bottlenecks in…
It Works for Adults. Will It Work for Kids?
By Carmen Heredia Rodríguez Orange. Eucalyptus. Lavender. Peppermint. Doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado and Seattle Children’s Hospital will use scents like these to treat children who lost their sense…
Scientists Seek COVID-19 Treatment Answers in Older Drugs
By Esther Landhuis Could a decades-old antidepressant be a secret weapon against Covid? A few scientists think so, after two small studies showed that fluvoxamine, typically prescribed for obsessive-compulsive…
So, You’re Vaccinated Against COVID-19. Now What?
By Bernard J. Wolfson As you surely know, this country’s covid vaccination effort has been plagued by major birth pangs: registration snafus, poor communication, faulty data and a scant…
Unexpected Obstacle in Covid Vaccination Efforts
By Julie Appleby Each night it’s the same. Story after story on the TV news is about the covid vaccination effort, and they are all illustrated with footage of…
COVID-19 Vaccines In New México’s Private Prisons
Emma Kahn Over the last 11 months, while New Mexican communities have banded together to fight COVID-19, some of our most vulnerable neighbors, including hundreds of immigrant detainees, in…
Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Young Covid ‘Long Haulers’
By Carmen Heredia Rodríguez A slumber party to celebrate Delaney DePue’s 15th birthday last summer marked a new chapter — one defined by illness and uncertainty. The teen from…
Student Teachers Adjust to COVID Realities
By Doug McPherson When Mayrel Rodríguez was a little girl, she would pretend to be a teacher, holding makeshift classes in her bedroom for her cousins and brother. “I…