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…

The Inequities of América’s Vaccination System

By Maryam Jameel and Caroline Chen   It’s a fact that simply being eligible for a vaccine in América doesn’t mean that you can instantly get one. Yet the ability…