The Pandemic Fueled a Superbug Surge. Can Medicine Recover?
As Covid swept ICUs, doctors prescribed antibiotics to ward off secondary infections. Now bacteria have evolved resistance—but hospitals are fighting ..
As Covid swept ICUs, doctors prescribed antibiotics to ward off secondary infections. Now bacteria have evolved resistance—but hospitals are fighting ..
Scientists are getting closer to understanding the neurology behind the memory problems and cognitive fuzziness that an infection can trigger. ..
Hesitancy, bureaucracy, inequity, and the need to explain new formulas could slow down vaccine delivery to the last unprotected group. ..
FDA advisers overwhelmingly endorsed the vaccine, which Novavax hopes will sway holdouts to finally get their shots. ..
A repeat encounter with Covid used to be a rarity. But now that Omicron has changed the game, expect reinfections to be the new normal. ..
With clinical vaccine trials for everything from HIV to Zika, messenger RNA could transform medicine—or widen health care inequalities. ..
Covid forced the world to develop some of the best epidemiological surveys ever done. Now they’re being cut back, even as the threat of the virus lingers. ..
Even if you're vaccinated, there are still scenarios where you should get tested and use your results to make smart, empathetic choices. ..
The island nation's government joins several other European countries in dropping Covid restrictions—but not everyone is sure the timing’s right. ..
As most of the world decides to live with the virus, China is doubling down on a strategy to crush it. But at what cost? ..