HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - Caught on Camera

Are there places you should still mask in, forever? Three experts weigh in

NPR asked COVID-19 experts how we should keep weighing risk as we enter the fourth year of the pandemic.

WEKU · Feb 10, 2023

A single-shot treatment to protect infants from RSV may be coming soon

The illness sends tens of thousands of babies to the hospital each year. If approved, the new injection would be the first broadly available prevention tool.

WEKU · Feb 2, 2023

HBO's 'Last of Us' gets one thing wrong about its zombie apocalypse

Can the cordyceps fungus really infect humans and cause a global pandemic? Experts weigh in on 'The Last of Us.'

Inverse · Jan 21, 2023

China’s Covid death toll doesn’t stack up, raising suspicions about data

BEIJING: More than a month after China started seeing an exponential surge in Covid cases, the country has only reported two virus deaths, defying the experience of other, more vaccinated and better resourced places as they reopened and fueling suspicion the true scale of fatalities is being hidden.

The Times of India · Dec 19, 2022

Why China’s COVID figures don’t add up

China is reporting fewer COVID cases despite easing restrictions across the country.

Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2022

Health experts in conundrum over best way to avoid winter ‘tripledemic’

RSV, Covid-19 and flu cases are exploding, but many health officials aren’t forcing masks or discouraging in-person gatherings

The Guardian - US · Dec 7, 2022

Experts are concerned Thanksgiving gatherings could accelerate a 'tripledemic'

As the holiday approaches, infectious disease specialists are bracing for the possibility that big family get-togethers and travel will propel the spread of RSV, flu and COVID-19.

WEKU · Nov 22, 2022

Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility

A new study suggests vaccinating pregnant women protects their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

FACT FOCUS: States, not CDC, set school vaccine requirements

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Thursday voted that the agency should update its recommended immunization schedules to add the COVID-19 vaccine, including to the schedule for children

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

The bloodiest sci-fi movie on Netflix reveals a scary truth about viruses

The virus in 'Resident Evil' isn’t real (nor are zombies), but is it even plausible? Here's what the science says.

Inverse · Oct 8, 2022