Health Oct 02 In mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene, these health risks are rising By Jennifer Horney, The Conversation
Health May 11 Watch 6:43 What to know about new COVID variants and the spread of bird flu and measles Hospitalizations for COVID are at an all-time low four years after the start of the pandemic, but new variants are in circulation. Meanwhile, bird flu has been found in 36 dairy herds across nine states, though there has been only… By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Kaisha Young
Health Sep 13 Should I get the new COVID-19 booster? Here’s what you need to know Experts say they are concerned that COVID-19 cases and deaths may rise in the coming months as colder weather forces gatherings back inside. Here’s a look at what we know about the new boosters and when you should seek one… By Dan Cooney, Matt Rasnic
Health Jul 28 Watch 7:43 An epidemiologist answers viewers’ questions about COVID-19 More than two years into the pandemic, most Americans have returned to a sense of some normalcy. But the virus is still disrupting daily life in the U.S. with more than 130,000 per day and deaths on the rise. We…
Health Jul 25 Watch 10:34 Epidemiologists warn of critical moment to contain monkeypox Vaccinations against the monkeypox virus are picking up in the U.S., but access and speed of delivery remain issues as cases spread. This comes as the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency. We spoke to Americans who’ve… By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings
May 24 What you should know about rapid antigen tests By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn Katelyn Jetelina, who writes the Your Local Epidemiologist newsletter about the science of the pandemic, offered some advice about the best times and ways to use this tool. … Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 7:11 Pandemic is ‘direct threat to our homeland security,’ says infectious disease expert The U.S. has now recorded more than 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 160,000 deaths -- over 22 percent of the worldwide totals. Many American public health experts warn that the U.S. is at another important crossroads in its… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 5:38 Why is the U.S. still struggling to test everyone who needs it? Since the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, public health experts have emphasized that having an efficient system for wide-scale testing was key to bringing the COVID-19 outbreak under control. But in reality, virus testing in the United States has… Continue watching
Jun 16 With every flush, a stream of data for these coronavirus trackers By Fedor Kossakovski Samples can’t be traced back to an individual, but researchers can start narrowing in on a geographical area where individuals are shedding the virus. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 6:19 Contact tracing may be ‘old-fashioned public health,’ but it works Officials in Northern California’s Santa Clara County now say two residents there died of COVID-19 in early and mid-February -- weeks before what were believed to be the first U.S. fatalities. Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for… Continue watching