Coronavirus Covid 19 Archive
Archives for August 2021


The anti-vax fertility panic, explained.

Here’s what we know about long Covid — with some hope for the future.


Hospitals in the South are already stretched with coronavirus patients. The powerful storm could make things worse.

As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc, humans still aren’t doing enough to prevent the next pandemic.

Most Covid-19 drug treatments that have been included in trials haven’t panned out. A large new study suggests fluvoxamine might be different.

We need new mental models to make sense of the pandemic as it exists today.

The Florida surge is a microcosm of a summer gone wrong.


The Pfizer/BioNTech shot got the green light from regulators — which could encourage some holdouts to get vaccinated.


Eight states, including Florida and Texas, are trying to ban mask mandates.

Covid-19 vaccines still are effective in preventing hospitalization. But vaccinated people are more likely to get sick than before.


Some of Florida’s most populous counties don’t want their children to get Covid-19.

Walmart, Uber, and McDonald’s are requiring office workers to get vaccinated. Stores, cars, and warehouses are a different story.

India’s health system was broken. Then the delta surge arrived.

Facebook is being cagey about Covid-19 content on its platform, researchers say.

Nurses were struggling even before the pandemic. We have the tools to change that.