New COVID subvariant 'Cicada' is on the rise. Here's what you need to know

The emergence of the BA.3.2 strain comes amid broader uneasiness about COVID vaccination rates among seniors, who are ...
Houston Public Media

A new round of free COVID tests is coming soon

COVID-19 antigen home tests show a positive result. Americans will be able to order four free COVID-19 tests at the end of September that will be (Patrick Sison | AP) The Biden administration is ...
Reuters

CORRECTED-COVID SCIENCE-Steroid's COVID-19 benefits confirmed; spotlight on immune cells

July 17 (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused ...
STAT

Public health still hasn’t reckoned with which Covid policies and interventions failed

Phillips is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and vice president of science and strategy for the COVID Collaborative. Much of this analysis is sound — calls to improve stockpiles, ...
Los Angeles Times

Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

WASHINGTON — Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration. Top ...
Science Friday

Can Paxlovid Relieve Long COVID Symptoms? For Some, Yes

It’s been five years since the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S., a bleak milestone in the early days of a pandemic that touched the lives of everyone. For the lucky ones, the ...