I posted recently about the discussion between Phil Magness and Jeremy Horpedahl about mask mandates to deal with COVID-19. My sometimes co-author and former student Charley...
A spike in cases has been reported among young people in Israel and Italy.
The US has a herd immunity math problem, with a COVID-19 vaccine not yet approved for children under 16 and a third of adults saying they...
Credit: University of Stirling A new first-of-its-kind study has questioned whether pub operators can effectively and consistently prevent COVID-19 transmission – after researchers observed risks arising...
The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Feb. 14 it is “absolutely” too soon to lift mask mandates, citing daily...
On Feb. 12, medical technology company Becton Dickinson & Co announced that it had received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
NIH study compares how different face masks affect humidity inside the mask Credit: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Masks help protect the...
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is the latest to struggle against the South African variant in trials, while in Israel vaccines may be beginning to have an effect.
Below are a few of the most critical legal and non-legal updates to U.S. employment laws and regulations that arose during the pandemic, updates which would...
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite substantial uncertainty regarding the effectiveness in containing SARS-CoV-2. In Sweden, upper-secondary schools...
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about...
We can help vaccines keep up with the mutating coronavirus by doubling down on preventive measures.
We can help vaccines keep up with the mutating coronavirus by doubling down on preventive measures.
How the UK came to be the world leader in sequencing SARS-CoV-2, in the words of the person who made it all happen.
New findings could deepen understanding of spread and inform public health policies Credit: Nik Anderson, www.vperemen.com A new computational analysis suggests that people under the age...
How the UK came to be the world leader in sequencing SARS-CoV-2, in the words of the person who made it all happen.
People who have received the full course of Covid-19 vaccines can skip the standard 14-day quarantine after exposure to someone with the infection as long as...
Are two face masks better than one? Adding layers of filtration by double masking is a way of using the masks that we already have, possibly...
How well your mask works depends on how well it fits. Wearing two snug masks made of different materials offers 95% protection from exposure to aerosols...
Ventilation is one of the most important methods of preventing the spread of infectious disease, a fact we've known for centuries.
All the Covid-causing virus circulating in the world could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum...
The end of the pandemic’s acute phase, or something genuinely close to it, will arrive when so-called herd immunity is reached....but when will that be?
All the Covid-causing virus circulating in the world could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum...
Credit: ETH Zurich /Giulia Marthaler Scientific and public health experts have been raising the alarm for decades, imploring public officials to prepare for the inevitability of...
Introduction It goes without saying that COVID-19 and the pandemic has been and is a terrible thing. People have gotten terribly sick and many have even...
The pandemic information solution Credit: Joshua Gans February 8, 2021 New Book Says by Engaging in Rapid Frequent Screening We Can Control the Pandemic. The Pandemic...
Ease of transmission, new strains, and limits of vaccination programs all mean Covid-19 will be around for years - and a big business
South Africa delayed the distribution of the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine after data suggested it “provides minimal protection” against mild disease from the South African...
UK Won't Introduce "Vaccine Passports", Minister Says Authored by Alexander Zhang via The Epoch Times, The UK government will not introduce “vaccine passports,” but people will...
CDC And TSA Form Federal Mask Police... And Enforcement Is Up To Officer Discretion Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, The Centers for...