Andrew Stokes, Boston University; Dielle Lundberg, Boston University; Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, University of Minnesota, and Yea-Hung Chen, University of California, San Francisco Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, a recurring topic of debate has been whether official COVID-19 death statistics…
Michael Baker, University of Otago; David Durrheim, University of Newcastle; Li Yang HSU, National University of Singapore, and Nick Wilson, University of Otago Imagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in country X note an expanding cluster of…
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Mark R. O’Brian, University at Buffalo Media outlets have reported the encouraging…
Chengsheng Wu, University of California, San Diego; David Cheresh, University of California,…
Jeffrey M. Sturek, University of Virginia and Alexandra Kadl, University of Virginia “I just can’t do what I used to anymore.” As pulmonologists and critical care doctors treating patients with lung disease,…
William Hauk, University of South Carolina; Lisa Miller, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Wayne Au, University of Washington, Bothell President Joe Biden’s declaration that “the pandemic is over” raised eyebrows…
Julie Donohue, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Eric T. Roberts, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Medicaid, the government-funded U.S. health insurer for people with low incomes, grew by about 25% between…
John Thwaites, Monash University; Liam Smith, Monash University, and Margaret Hellard, Burnet Institute A global report released today highlights massive global failures in the response to COVID-19. The report, which was convened…
Ivan Erill, University of Maryland, Baltimore County After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you might picture a virus as a nasty spiked ball – a mindless killer that gets…
Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech and Karina Korostelina, George Mason University Ukraine’s recent counteroffensive success against Russian troops in the Kharkiv region has raised hopes that a larger rollback of occupying troops is…
Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina On Aug. 31, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of updated COVID-19 booster shots that are…
Ben Krishna, University of Cambridge The COVID pandemic has been going on for well over two years now. During this time, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) has slowly mutated, allowing it…
Shogo Sato, Texas A&M University Anyone who has suffered from jet lag or struggled after turning the clock forward or back an hour for daylight saving time knows all about what researchers…
Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina While COVID-19 vaccines continue to be highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death, it has become clear that the…
