Jan 13
Save
Researchers in Ohio say they’ve discovered two new variants of the coronavirus local to the U.S. that may be of…
Jan 12
Save
A new report released Tuesday by the American Cancer Society provides some good news: Americans who had cancer in…
Dec 30
Save
Over the past 24 hours, health officials in Colorado have reported finding two suspected cases of covid-19 caused by…
Dec 29
Save
Experts with the World Health Organization issued a somber warning on Monday: The next pandemic to strike humanity…
Dec 23
Save
On January 7, 2020, I wrote about a mysterious, pneumonia-causing viral illness making people sick in Wuhan, China.…
Dec 22
Save
Here’s a big fuck you from Congress to everyone else: The coronavirus relief bill passed this week removes a…
Dec 22
Save
U.S. government scientists have shown in the lab, for the first time, that pigs can become severely sick from a…
Dec 14
Save
As the first covid-19 vaccines roll out across the U.S., some of us are chanting “inject me now!”, while others are…
Dec 14
Save
Save
It will never not be spooky that a new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand came out in 2020. Much like the year…
Dec 11
Save
New modeling from the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention paints a grim outlook for the near-term future…
Dec 9
Save
Save
One passenger on a so-called “cruise to nowhere” in Singapore has tested positive for covid-19, just a week after Roy…
Dec 8
Save
On Monday, the UK became the first country to begin mass vaccination against the novel coronavirus pandemic using a…
Dec 8
Save
New research out Tuesday looks to pin down the many health problems that can arise from a bout of covid-19. The long…
Dec 4
Save
Biden Says He'll Ask Country to Wear Masks for 100 Days, Issue Mask Mandates in Federal Jurisdiction
President-elect Joe Biden says he will ask the entire country to wear masks for the first 100 days of his…
Dec 4
Save
The past few weeks have brought a flurry of news about covid-19 vaccines, and it’s enough to make anyone feel both…
Nov 26
Save
Save
A manufacturing error is raising concerns about a promising covid-19 vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical…
Nov 25
Save
Save
It’s tough to hear about any stories covering fictional pandemics, since we’re going through an all-too-real one…
Nov 19
Save
The U.S. Secret Service has some 700 pending investigations centering on Paycheck Protection Program and the…
Nov 18
Save
In May of 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic fully underway, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company…
Nov 18
Save
Save
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid coronavirus test kit that can be performed at home,…