COVID-19

The new booster, available since September, is effective against the currently dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant in the U.S., JN.1.

Texas’ political leaders recently have made some inconceivably irresponsible policy decisions.

Armando Simón, a retired psychologist, attempted to rebut an 

The Wall Street Journal published a news article on January 5, “Why It Feels Like Everyone You Know Is Getting COVID-19,” which contained several worrisome observations.

 

I described two approaches: (1) combining surface proteins from different coronaviruses on a scaffold, and (2)  focusing on conserved regions of the virus that tend not to mutate.

Join host Cameron English, Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and special guest Dr. Josh Bloom as they break down these stories on Episode 53 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

It is not uncommon for legislators to introduce bills that they know won’t pass, but that have symbolic value of some sort, like renaming a bridge or freeway to honor a constituent. Every so often, however, they propose something that is so c

I can’t believe we’re having this discussion in September 2023, just as the fall respiratory virus season commences and we're experiencing a new wave of COVID-19, but the politicizers of COVID won’t let up.

The number of deaths from COVID-19 is way down from its peak and pandemic-related restrictions and mandates have virtually disappeared, but there are hints we are in for a late summer surge in infections.