Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19 – here's what doctors are facing, in their own words
It’s difficult to put into words how hard COVID-19 is hitting rural America’s hospitals. North Dakota has so many cases,
Your child's vaccines: What you need to know about catching up during the COVID-19 pandemic
This spring, after stay-at-home orders were announced and schools shut down across the nation, many families stopped goi
COVID-19 survivor's guilt a growing issue as reality of loss settles in
People are eager to return to normal after a year of coronavirus, but is the U.S. there yet? Hardly. The ongoing psychol
Sick of COVID-19? Here's why you might have pandemic fatigue
As the pandemic drags on, following COVID-19 prevention guidelines can feel like more and more of a challenge.This kind
A mysterious illness is striking children amid the coronavirus pandemic – but is it Kawasaki disease?
Critically ill children have been ending up in intensive care units with shock-like symptoms in recent weeks, adding yet
Lyme disease symptoms could be mistaken for COVID-19, with serious consequences
Summer is field season for ecologists like me, a time when my colleagues, students and I go out into fields and woods in
Should pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine? Will it protect against asymptomatic infections and mutated viruses? An immunologist answers 3 questions
I am a physician, and I just got my first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.William Petri, CC BY-SAThis week I was vac
'Off-label' use is common in medicine – a bioethicist and legal philosopher explain why the COVID-19 vaccines are different
Kids ages 5 to 11 can now be vaccinated against COVID-19 following the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use auth
What is herd immunity? A public health expert and a medical laboratory scientist explain
The term herd immunity means that enough of a population has gained immunity to stifle a pathogen’s spread. You can thin
The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents
The urgency of vaccinating nursing home residents is evident in the numbers. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives
