Covid19

Are We Headed for Another Summer COVID-19 Wave?

Just in time for summer vacation season, COVID-19 seems to be creeping back in the U.S.  Nationally, the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater is still low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but levels have been gradually increasing in recent weeks. COVID-19 hotspots have already emerged in parts of …

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Why Do Infants Seem to Avoid Severe COVID-19?

With COVID-19 rates rising around the country, and an updated vaccine now available, researchers are still trying to understand how immunity to COVID-19 works, and the best ways to build and sustain it. One of the possibly richest areas of research might be infections among the very young, who tend to be spared from more …

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Color announces layoffs as it rolls back COVID-19 testing

Population health technology company Color announced it had laid off workers as it pivots focus away from COVID-19 testing. According to posts by former employees on LinkedIn, the company cut 300 jobs. Color CEO Othman Laraki confirmed the layoffs in his own post, saying the company was downsizing its teams focused on COVID-19 testing given …

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How COVID-19 Changes the Heart

While COVID-19’s effects on the lungs and respiratory system are well known, there is growing research suggesting that the virus is also affecting the heart, with potentially lasting effects. In a presentation at the annual meeting of the Biophysical Society, an international biophysics scientific group, Dr. Andrew Marks, chair of the department of physiology at …

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Biden to End COVID-19 National Emergencies on May 11

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared. The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations would formally …

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