Health Care Archive
Archives for August 2021
The Florida surge is a microcosm of a summer gone wrong.
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.
Child and maternal mortality have fallen dramatically. Now what?
India’s health system was broken. Then the delta surge arrived.
Nurses were struggling even before the pandemic. We have the tools to change that.
Overdose deaths surged during Covid-19. But suicides declined. What happened?
Breakthrough infections are uncommon — which makes them all the more confusing for people who experience them.
The US epidemic — and people’s risk from Covid-19 — has changed in this latest wave of cases.
An expert explains why vaccinated people should wear masks in some indoor settings.