When COVID-19 superspreaders are talking, where you sit in the room matters
It doesn’t take long for airborne coronavirus particles to make their way through a room. At first, only people sitting
How much coronavirus testing is enough? States could learn from retailers as they ramp up
As states develop plans to restart their economies, the big fear is that coronavirus cases will surge again. To keep the
Death rates have fallen by 18% for hospitalized COVID–19 patients as treatments improve
CC BY-NDTwo large recent studies show that people hospitalized for COVID-19 in March were more than three times as likel
Masks and mandates: How individual rights and government regulation are both necessary for a free society
I’ve been thinking a lot, recently, about the tension between demanding “individual rights” – in the sense of deciding w
The great polio vaccine mess and the lessons it holds about federal coordination for today's COVID-19 vaccination effort
I nervously fell into a long line of fellow first graders in the gymnasium of St. Louis’ Hamilton Elementary School in t
School nurses should be leading the COVID-19 response, but many schools don't have one
National Association of School Nurses, CC BY-NDIn schools trying to hold in-person classes this fall, students and staff
7 science-based strategies to cope with coronavirus anxiety
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues its global spread and the number of diagnosed COVID-19 cases continues to increase, an
President-elect Biden's new COVID-19 task force gives the US a fresh chance to turn around a public health disaster
A change in administration in January will bring a new pandemic strategy for the United States. President-elect Joe Bide
'I thought I could wait this out': Fearing coronavirus, patients delayed hospital visits, putting health and lives at risk
“Where have all the patients gone?” That’s what doctors in our West Virginia University hospitals began asking as the co
Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19
Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections. Its lasting
