More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year--And The Government Barely Kept Track by Christina Jewett and Robert Lewis and Melissa Bailey. December 23, 2020.
Friday, December 25, 2020
"A Logistical Nightmare"
Analysis: Some Said The Vaccine Rollout Would Be A 'Nightmare." They Were Right by Elisabeth Rosenthal. KHN. December 24, 2020.
Who Comes Next? Five Perspectives
People Are Dying. Whom Do We Save First With The Vaccine? by Emily Bazelon. The New York Times. December 24, 2020.
The World Emerging From Pandemic Will Be More Unequal Than Ever
One Vaccine Side Effect: Global Economic Inequality by Peter S. Goodman. The New York Times. December 25, 2020.
Commutations Of Convicted Healthcare Fraud Convictions Included In White House Pardon Clemency
Behind Trump Clemency, A Case Study In Special Access by Kenneth P. Vogel, Eric Lipton and Jesse Drucker. New York Times. December 256, 2020.
Do Proinflammatory Diets Harm Our Health? And Can Anti-Inflammatory Diets Help?
Do Pro-Inflammatory Diets Harm Our Health? And Can Anti-Inflammatory Diets Help by Katherine D. McManus. Harvard Health Publishing. December 23, 2020.
What COVID-19 Has Taught Medicine In 2020
What COVID-19 Has Taught Medicine In 2020 by Marie McCullough, Stacey Burling, Tom Avril, Bethany Ao, Jason Laughlin and Aubrey Whelan. The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 24, 2020.
Who Should Go Next? The Debate--Those With Severe Outcome Risk vs. Those With Risk For Exposure
Florida Will vaccinate Seniors Before Essential Workers. Here Are The Pros And Cons by Ben Conarck and Lawrence Mower. Miami Herald. December 22, 2020.
Routine And Non-Routine Vaccine Injuries Handled Differently And With A Different Record Of Results
Government Program Tapped To Pay For COVID-Vaccine Juries Rarely Sides With Consumers by Ken Alltucker. USA TODAY. December 24, 2020.
Stress Hormone Cortisol And Why Bread-Specific Cookbook Sales Have Risen By 145%
Your Brain On Cortisol: Why Overstressed Gray Matter Is leading Us Astray In Lockdown by Elaina Patton. NBC News. December 25, 2020.
Due To Pandemic. U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths On Track For All-Time High
Overdose Deaths Appear To Rise Amid Coronavirus Pandemic In U.S. by Associated Press/NBC News. October 20, 2020.
2020 Is The Deadliest Year In U.S. History, CDC Finds
Covid Pandemic Turned 2020 Into Deadliest Year In U.S. History, CDC Finds by Associated Press/NBC. December 22, 2020.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Georgia Department Of Health: COVID-19 Vaccine In GA Including Georgia Vaccine Plan
COVID-19 Vaccine In GA. Georgia Department Of Public Health.
UGA School Of Veterinary Science Freezers To Be Used For Vaccines
A Closer Look At How COVID-19 Vaccines Will Be Distributed, Stored In Georgia by Matt Johnson, Jovita Moore. WSB-TV. December 9, 2020.
Athens Firm To Help With Vaccine Distribution
Athens Firm To Help With Vaccine Distribution by WSB TV. November 18, 2020.
Prevent Falls By Weight-Bearing
Improving Your Balance To Precent Falls by Jane E. Brody. The New York Times. December 14, 2020.
Test Approved To Locate Prostate Cancer Cells Wherever They Are
New Scan Finds Prostate Cancer Cells Hiding In The Body by Gina Kolata. The New York Times. December 16, 2020.
CDC Working On Filtration Standards For Masks
How Effective Is The Mask You're Wearing? You May Know Soon by Sheila Kaplan. The New York Times. December 16, 2020.
Misinformation Messengers Pivot From Election Fraud To Peddling Vaccine Conspiracy Theories
Misinformation Messengers Pivot From Election Fraud To Peddling Vaccine Conspiracy Theories by Davey Alba and Sheera Frenkel. The New York Times. December 16, 2020.
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Tensions Rise Over Masks As Coronavirus Grips Smaller U.S. Cities
Tensions Rise Over Masks As Coronavirus Grips Smaller U.S. Cities by Associated Press. December 9, 2020.,
Personal Mental Health In The Holidays
Therapists Predict How The Holidays Will Affect Our Mental Health by Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro. Huffpost. December 9, 2020.
How Coronavirus mRNA Vaccine Works: Video
Cornell PhD Candidate Explains How Coronavirus mRNA Vaccines Work by Rob Swanda via Storyful/Miami Herald
Health Experts Recommend Getting The Coronavirus Vaccine Even If You've Already Been Sick And Recovered
Do You Need A Vaccine If You're Already Had COVID? Here's What To Know by Katie Camero. Miami Herald. December 9, 2020.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
"Natural Immunity" Versus Vaccine Immunity for Covid-19
Is 'Natural Immunity' From Covid Better Than A Vaccine by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. December 5, 2020
Friday, December 4, 2020
Hotels, Cruise Ships Are Installing State-Of-The-Art Filtration Systems
The Newest Hotel Amenity? Virus-Scrubbed Air by Elaine Glusac. The New York Times. December 3, 2020.
Stress Eating, Gaining Weight During Pandemic
Yes, Many of Us Are Stress-Eating And Gaining Weight In The Pandemic by Anahad O'Connor. The New York Times. December 4, 2020.
Testing-Lab Workers Working Nonstop On Coronavirus Diagnoses
'Nobody Sees Us': Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under Demand by Katherine J. Wu. The New York Times. December 3, 2020.
How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, And What They Think Is Next
How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, And What They Think Is Next by Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain Miller and Quoctrung Bui. The New York Times. December 4, 2020.
Palantir To Build Tiberius, Data Tool To Help US Authorities Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines
Controversial Tech Firm Palantir Is Reportedly Building A Data Tool To Help US Authorities Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines by Isobel Asher Hamilton. Business Insider. October 22, 2020.
Palantir Technologies Plays Major Role In HHS COVID-19 Data
Everything You Need To Know About Palantir, The Secretive Company Coming For All Your Data by Sara Morrison. Recode. August 26, 2020.
Military Technology, Expertise Help Determine Vaccine Distribution
Technology, Expertise Help Determine Vaccine Distribution by Lisa Simunaci, Office Of The Secretary of Defense Public Affairs. Defense News November 12, 2020.
Creating One Of The Most Complex Supply Chains Ever Built
'Mind-Bogglingly Complex': Here's What We Know About How COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Distributed When It's Approved by Elizabeth Weise. USA TODAY. September 8, 2020.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Little Data To Support Household Gatherings As The Major Source Of Spread Since Summer
Small Gatherings Spread The Virus, But Are They Causing The Surge? by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. November 23, 2020.
Front Line Medical Workers Face Covid Combat Fatigue
Covid Combat Fatigue: "I Would Come Home With Tears In My Eyes" by Katherine J. Wu. The New York Times. November 25, 2020.
Supreme Court Bars Restrictions Imposed By Gov. Cuomo On Religious Services In New York
Splitting 5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge To Cuomo's Virus Shutdown Order by Adam Liptak. The New York Times. November 26, 2020.
Midnight Ruling Shows Court Fissure On Public Health/Religion Issue by Adam Liptak. The New York Times. November 26, 2020.
Alternative To Meet The COVID-19 Surge
How Do We Stop This Surge? Here's What Experts Say Could Help by Will Stone. NPR. November 24, 2020.
Scotland Becomes 1st Country To Make Period Products Free
Scotland Becomes 1st Country To Make Period Products Free by Laurel Wamsley. NPR. November 25, 2020.
NPR Charts About COVID-19 Surge
Coronavirus Is Surging: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak? by Stephanie Adeline. NPR. November 26, 2020.
How Much Exercise Is Enough During A Pandemic?
Here's How Much Exercise You Should Get A Week, Even During A Pandemic, WHO Says In New Guidelines by Ryan W. Miller. USA TODAY. November 26, 2020.
Masks May Be Required For Another Year
How Long Will We Need To wear Masks? Here's What Experts Predict by Kerry Breen. Today. November 25, 2020.
State, Not Local, Mask Mandates More Likely To Boost Economy
What Can States Do To Save Jobs? Order People To Mask Up by Irina Ivanova. CBS News. November 25, 2020.
CDC Considers Shortening Recommended Two-Week Quarantine Period
The CDC Is Expected To Shorten Covid Quarantine Time, Something Most Everyone Seems To Agree On by Noah Higgins-Dunn. CNBC. November 25, 2020.
Friday, November 13, 2020
Hospitals In Georgia Competing For A Shrinking Pool Of Nurses
Georgia Short Of Intensive Care Nurses As Winter Threatens Surge Of Coronavirus Cases by Johnny Edwards and Ariel Hart. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 11, 2020.
Superspreader Sites For COVID-19 Transmission
Study: Most COVID-19 Outbreaks From Gym Restaurants by Kiersten Willis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 12, 2020.
Summer Wedding In Maine Illustrates The Risk Of Holiday Gatherings
Super-Spreading Wedding Party Demonstrates COVID-19 Risk Posed By Holiday Gatherings by Karen Kaplan. Los Angeles Times. November 12, 2020.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Safety For Thanksgiving Dinner
Is It Safe To Host Thanksgiving Dinner During The COVID-19 Pandemic by Jodi Helmer. HuffPost. October 29, 2020.
5 Lifestyle Changes That May Protect Your Brain From Alzheimer's And Dementia
These Lifestyle Changes May Protect Your Brain From Alzheimer's And Dementia by Corrie Pikul. Boston Globe. October 29, 2020.
Medical Advances And Less Crowded Hospitals Have Lead To Lower Covid Death Rates
Death Rates Have Dropped For Seriously Ill Covid Patients by Roni Caryn Rabin. The New York Times. October 29, 2020.
Excess Deaths Raise Total Coronavirus Death Toll To Nearly 300,000 Through Early October
The Pandemic's Real Toll? 300,000 Deaths, And It's Not Just From The Coronavirus by Roni Caryn Rabin. The New York Times. October 20, 2020.
Presidential Elections May Be Bad For Your Health
Presidential Elections May Be Bad For Your Health by Nicholas Bakalar. The New York Times. October 20, 2020.
Why Have Non-Covid Hospital Admissions Dropped By Half
Where Have All The Hospital Patients Gone? by Pauline W. Chen, M.D. The New York Times. October 20, 2020.
Microwaves? Brain Damage? Diplomats' Condition Leads To Dispute With Trump Administration
U.S. Diplomats And Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks by Ana Swanson, Edward Wong and Julian E. Barnes. The New York Times. October 19, 2020.
Herd Immunity Theory Draws Fire From Scientists
A Viral Theory Cited By Health Officials Draws Fire From Scientists by Apoorva Mandavilli and Sheryl Gay Stolberg. The New York Times. October 23, 2020.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
W.H.O. Will License Its Covid Material to Wikipedia; Aims To Combat Misinformation
Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join To Combat Covid Misinformation by Donald G. McNeil Jr. The New York Times. October 22, 2020.
The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years Of Potential Life In The U.S., Study Finds
The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years Of Potential Life In The U.S., Study Finds by Katherine J. Wu. The New York Times. October 22, 2020.
Medical College Of Georgia Plans Expansion Of Student Body To Serve Rural Georgia
Medical College Of Georgia Looking To Grow In Augusta, Across Georgia by Tom Corwin. Savannah Now--Savannah Morning News. October 22, 2020.
Opinion: Gender Harassment In Medicine Is "The Huge Mass Below The Surface, Largely Unseen But Nonetheless Ruinous"
The Gender Harassment We Experienced Sank Our Medical Careers by Holly G. Atkinson, And Anandaraja, and Stella Safo. STAT. October 21, 2020.
High-Dose Flu Vaccines Running Low In Metro Atlanta
Flu Vaccine Shortages Already Showing Up Across Parts Of The Metro by Nicole Carr. WSB-TV. October 21, 2020.
"Close Contact" Defined To Include Multiple Short Burst Over 24-Hour Period
CDC Rewrites Definition For Coronavirus "Close Contact" by Ed Pilkington. The Guardian. October 22, 2020.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
We Don't Chose What We Like; We Like What We Chose
Babies' Random Choices Become Their Preferences. Johns Hopkins University. Science Daily. October 2, 2020.
Stress And The Heart: Lessons From The Pandemic
Stress And The Heart: Lessons From The Pandemic by Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth MD. Harvard Health Publishing. October 14, 2020.
College Leaders Called Upon To Take A More Humane Approach To Students During COVID-19
An Open Letter To University Leadership by Julia Marcus, Stefan Baral, and More Than 100 Other Scholars. Insider Higher Education. October 15, 2020.
13 Hand Sanitizer Mistakes You're Probably Making
13 Hand Sanitizer Mistakes You're Probably Making by Nicole Pajer. HuffPost. October 15, 2020.
Boost In Childhood Obesity Likely As A Result Of COVID-19
The Kids Aren't All Right: COVID-19-Fueled Stress Eating, Inequities, Lack Of Fitness Expected To Boost Obesity, Experts Say by Jayne O'Donnell and Adrianna Rodriguez. USA TODAY. October 14, 2020.
Experts Say Spread For Herd Immunity Would Endanger The Third Of The Population That Are Prone To Develop Serious Side Effects From Covid; Also It is "Nonsense" Says Dr. Fauci.
Dr. Fauci Says Letting The Coronavirus Spread To Achieve Herd Immunity Is "Nonsense" And "Dangerous" by Noah Higgins-Dunn. CNBC. October 15, 2020.
Anthropologist Seeks To Build Trust, Overcome Doubts, And Combat Misinformation About Vaccines
She Hunts Viral Rumors About Real Viruses by Jenny Anderson. The New York Times. October 13, 2020.
Faced With Possibly 400,000 Deaths By Inauguration Day, Biden Drafts Far Reaching Plans
Biden's Covid Response Plan Draws From F.D.R.'s New Deal by Abby Goodnough and Sheryl Gay Stolberg. The New York Times. October 14, 2020.
Opinion: State Powers To Confront Epidemics Is Under Legal Attack
Republican Judges Are Quietly Upending Public Health Laws by John Fabian Witt. The New York Times. October 15, 2020.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Live Attenuated Flu Vaccine May Offer Protection Against COVID-19
Could The Live Flu Vaccine Help You Fight Off COVID-19? by Michaeleen Doucleff. NPR. October 8, 2020.
New England Journal Of Medicine: Current Political Leaders Dangerously Incompetent To Deal With Health Crisis
Dying In A Leadership Vacuum. The Editors. The New England Journal Of Medicine. October 8, 2020.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Superspreader Events And People
Covid Superspreader Events Emerge As Focus Of Concern by Denise Chow. NBC News. October 7, 2020.
Half Of US States Report Increased Covid-19 Cases
Half Of US States Are Reporting Increased Covid-19 Cases And Some Leaders Push New Measures by Christina Maxouris. CNN. October 7, 2020.
Mistrust Of Vaccines Runs Deep In African-American Communities Creating Challenges For Coronavirus Clinical Trial
"I Won't Be Used As A Guinea Pig For White People" by Jan Hoffman. The New York Times. October 7, 2020,
Charting A Coronavirus Infection
Charting A Coronavirus Infection by Katherine J. Wu And Jonathan Corum. The New York Times. October 5, 2020.
Opinion: Widespread Adoption Of Imperfect Solutions May Be The Fastest Way To Get A Handle On Pandemic
Against Covid-19, Imperfect Measures Do the Most Good by Joshua T. Schiffer. The New York Times. October 4, 2020.
Friday, October 2, 2020
Pandemic Is Reducing Freedom Worldwide
COVID-19 Is Also A Crisis For Democracy And Human Rights by Michael J. Abramowitz & Jeremy Rosner. RealClear Poltics. October 2, 2020.
Study Finds Female Doctors Work Harder For Less Money
Study Finds Female Doctors Work Harder For Less Money by Maggie Fox. CNN. October 1, 2020.
COVID-19 Dreams: Symptoms Of Stress
Covid-19 Pandemic And Lockdowns Leave Their Marks On People's Dreams, Study Suggests by Erika Edwards. October 1, 2020.
How Vaccine Should Be Rationed Upon Introduction
First Doses Of US Vaccine Must Be Strictly Rationed, Says Report by Kiran Stacey. Financial Times. October 2, 2020.
Defiance Does Not Work Against COVID-19
Defiant, Now Infected: Trump Is A Morality Tale by Frank Bruni. The New York Times. October 2, 2020.
Negative Test Results Only Means That In A Moment The Swab Did Not Pick Up Any Viral Particles
Biden Tested Negative. He Could Still Have The Coronavirus by Melinda Wenner Moyer. The New York Times. October 2, 2020.
Colleges That Are Beating COVID-19 Are In Small Towns, Have Minimal Greek Life, Enforce Social-Distancing and TEST
Colleges Learn How To Suppress Coronavirus: Extensive Testing by Shawn Hubler, The New York Times. October 2, 2020.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Herd Immunity Far Off; T-Cell Immunity Theory Is Unfounded
Trump Allies Say The Virus Has Almost Run Its Course. "Nonsense," Experts Say by Donald G. McNeil Jr. September 29, 2020.
Huge Coronavirus Study Shows Unique Death Rate Pattern And Role Of Children In Infection
Huge Study Of Coronavirus Cases In India Offers Some Surprises To Scientists by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. September 30, 2020.
Inmates At Georgia ICE Facility Say They Were Pressured Into Unneeded Surgeries
Immigrants Say They Were Pressured Into Needed Surgeries by Caitlin Dickerson, Seth Freed Wessler And Miriam Jordan. The New York Times. September 29, 2020.
Some Georgia Hospitals Decide Not To Provide Data On Numbers of COVID-19 Patients and Employees
Some Georgia Hospitals Keep Pandemic Information To Themselves by Ariel Hart. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 29, 2020.
Data For Individual School Coronavirus Infections Withheld By GDPH
Georgia Withholds School Covid-19 Counts From Public by Ty Tagami. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 25, 2020.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Infections Among Young Adults Eventually May Spread To Older, More Vulnerable, People
Virus Cases Surged In Young Adults. The Elderly Were Hit Next by Roni Caryn Rabin. The New York Times. September 24, 2020.
Losing Hair Believe Related To Stress Associated With Coronavirus
Losing Your Hair Can Be Another Consequence Of The Pandemic by Pam Belluck. The New York Times. September 24, 2020.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Young Lungs At Peril In Fire Plaguing The West Coast
"This Does Not Look Good For Children": Fires Pose Risk To Young Lungs by Matt Richter. The New York Times. September 18, 2020.
Death Of Ginsburg Increases Possibility That Obamacare Could Be Abolished: What Are The Implications?
If The Supreme Court Ends Obamacare, Here's What It Would Mean by Reed Abelson And Abby Goodnough. The New York Times. September 22, 2020.
C.D.C Undermined: Guidance On Aerosols Vanishes From Website
Advice On Airborne Virus Transmission Vanishes From C.D.C. Website by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. September 21, 2020.
Food And Drug Administration Barred From Signing Rules Regarding Foods, Medicines, Medical Devices AND Vaccines
In "Power Grab" Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over F.D.A. by Sheila Kaplan. The New York Times. September 19, 2020.
177 New York Public Transit Workers Have Been Harassed Or Assault By Riders Who Refuse Masks Or Social Distancing
Whe A Bus Driver Told A Rider Two Wear A Mask, "He Knocked Me Out Cold" by Christina Goldbaum. The New York Times. September 18, 2020.
Online Bullies And Trolls Hamper South Korean COVID-19 Surveillance
In South Korea, Covid-19 Comes With Another Risk: Online Bullies by Choe Sang-Hum, The New York Times. September 19, 2020.
Thursday, September 17, 2020
How The Pandemic Is Impacting Senior Decisions About Where To Live
A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where To Live by Judith Graham. Kaiser Health News/CNN. September 17, 2020.
When Does A Good Attitude Become Toxic Positivity?
When Does A Good Attitude Become Toxic Positivity? by Jen Rose Smith. CNN. September 17, 2020.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Don't Expect Immediate Results Once We "Get" A Vaccine
Here's Why A Vaccine Will Not Stop The Covid-19 Pandemic Right Away by Maggie Fox. CNN. September 15, 2020.
Details Of Vaccine Safety Need To Be Known To Build Confidence In Receiving The Vaccine
Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists by Katie Thomas. The New York Times. September 13, 2020.
A Typology Of Lying: Three Profiles Of Dishonesty and Within Each, Two Distinct Types
The Good, The Bad And The "Radically Dishonest" by Benedict Carey. The New York Times. September 15, 2020.
CDC Response To COVID-19 Hampered by Communication, Coordination, Political Pressure, Confusion, And Distrust
How The CDC Failed Local Public Health Officials Fighting The Coronavirus by Brett Murphy and Letitia Stein. USA TODAY. September 16, 2020.
7 Steps That Can Lower Your Blood Pressure As You Age
7 Steps That Can Lower Your Blood Pressure As You Age by Sandeeps LaMotte. CNN. September 16, 2020.
Lawyers, Nurse Raise Concerns About Need For Hysterectomies Performed At ICE Detention Center
Lawyers, Nurse Raise Concerns About Need For Hysterectomies Performed At Ice Detention Center by Debra Cassens Weiss. ABA Journal. September 16, 2020.
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Texas, Georgia, Alabama Now Rank 1, 2, and 3 in Campus Coronavirus Cases By State
Tracking Covid At U.S. Colleges And Universities by The New York Times. September 10, 2020.
Wildfire Smoke And Health
California's Air Quality Is Poor. Here's How To Protect Yourself by Nicole Perlroth And John Schwartz. The New York Times. September 11, 2020.
Food Scientist Group: Highly Unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 Is A Food Safety Risk
Experts Affirms That Coronavirus Is 'Highly Unlikely' To Be Food Risk by Joe Whitworth. Food Safety News. September 11, 2020.
CDC's Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Reports Being Subjected To Political Review To Align With White House Statements
Trump Officials Interfered With CDC Reports On Covid-19 by Dan Diamond. Politico. September 11, 2020.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
"Hard To Imagine That Climate Change Will Be Good For Human Health"
Scientists Are Seeing An 'Acceleration Of Pandemics." They Are Looking At Climate Change by Doyle Rice. USA TODAY. September 10, 2020.
Athens Records 4,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
Athens Records 4,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by Stroud Payne. The Red And Black. September 9, 2020.
A Silent Infection With Many Evasion Mechanisms: Coronavirus Attack On The Brain
How The Coronavirus Attacks The Brain by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. September 8, 2020.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Epidemic Of Cracked Teeth: The Role Of Stress And Posture
Dentists Are Seeing An Epidemic Of Cracked Teeth. What's Going On? by Tammy Chen, D.D.S. The New York Times. September 8, 2020.
Left To Struggle On Their Own, Schools Confront Technical Challenges During Reopening
Website Crashes And Cyberattacks Welcome Students Back To School by Dan Levin And Kate Taylor. The New York Times. September 8, 2020.
Managing COVID-19 Risk On Campus: Quarantine Successes And Problems
College Quarantine Breakdowns Leave Some At Risk by Natasha Singer. The New York Times. September 9, 2020.
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Public Comment Function Broken On Kemp Proposal To Block ACA Website
Public Comment Function Broken On Kemp Proposal To Block ACA Website by Ariel Hart. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 8, 2020.
Governor Plan To Block Georgians Access To Affordable Care Act Exchange
Kemp's Plan To Block The Federal ACA Insurance Exchange Under Fire by Ariel Hart. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 4, 2020.
Friday, September 4, 2020
How Flu And COVID-19 Might Mix
Flu Season Looms And Scientists Wonder How Flu And COVID-19 Might Mix by Nell Greenfieldboyce. September 3, 2020. NPR.
Three Questions About COVID-19 Reinfection
Coronavirus Reinfections: Three Questions Scientists Are Asking by Heidi Ledford. Nature. September 4, 2020.
Vaccine Maker Stock Transactions Raise Concerns
"Bad Optics" Or Something More? Moderna Executives' Stock Sales Raise Concerns by Tom Dreisbach, NPR. September 4, 2020.
White House Coronavirus Advisor Found To Be Friendly To President's Views, A Sweden-Type Approach, Herd Immunity, Limits On Testing; Less Friendly To Masks
A New Coronavirus Adviser Roils The White House With Unorthodox Ideas by Noah Weiland, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Michael D. Shear And Jim Tankersley. The New York Times. September 2, 2020.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Georgians Under 18 Diagnosed With COVID-19 Has Jumped 65% In The Past Month
COVID-19 Cases Among Children Surge In Georgia by Helena Oliviero. AJC.
Two Studies Found That Working Out Amplifies The Immune Response To A Flu Shot
Exercise May Boost Your Vaccine Response by Gretchen Reynolds. The New York Times. August 26, 2020.
Suppressing HIV Without Drugs; Cornering The Virus In Parts Of The Genome Where It Cannot Reproduce
A Woman May Have Been Cured Of H.I.V Without Medical Treatment by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. August 26, 2020.
First Vaccines May Not Be The Most Effective
What If The First Coronavirus Vaccines Aren't The Best? by Carl Zimmer. The New York Times. August 27, 2020.
Football On For 21 Of The Top 30 Home Attendance Teams; Scientist Have Much To Learn About Such Large Outdoor Events
College Football's pandemic Playbook: Fewer Fans, No Tailgating, No Bands by Alan Blinder. The New York Times. August 27, 2020.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Keeping Quiet About Covid in the Classroom
Covid in the Classroom? Some Schools Are Keeping It Quiet by Dan Levin. The New York Times. August 22, 2020.
Epidemiology, Fraternities, And Sororities
"Frats Are Being Frats": Greek Life Is Stoking The Virus On Some Campuses by Amy Harmon, Frances Robles, Alan Blinder and Thomas Fuller. The New York Times. August 19, 2020.
UGA Faculty on COVID-19: Campus is in "Grave Danger"
UGA Health Faculty on COVID-19 Policies and Testing" Campus Is In 'Grave Danger" by Maureen Downey. AJC. August 22, 2020.
On Saturday Georgia's Official Death Toll Passed 5,000
Coronavirus Deaths In Georgia Pass 5,000 by Michael E. Kanell. AJC. August 22, 2020.
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Herd Immunity: Closer Than We Think?
What If "Herd Immunity" Is Closer Than Scientists Thought by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. August 17, 2020.
Monoclonal Antibody Drug Being Tested As A COVID "Swat Team" For Nursing Home Outbreaks
An "Unprecedented" Effort To Stop The Coronavirus In Nursing Homes by Gina Kolata. The New York Times. August 20, 2020.
Small Study Results Point To Antibodies Blocking The Coronavirus; First Direct Evidence That Antibodies Can Block Infection
This Trawler's Haul: Evidence That Antibodies Block The Coronavirus by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. August 19, 2020.
Friday, August 14, 2020
Flagpole: Differing Perspectives On Athens Hospitals Coping With COVID
Athens Hospitals Are Overtaxed, Doctors And Nurses Say by Jessica Luton. Flagpole. August 13, 2020.
Contact Tracing Data From Six States Shows What Can Be Learned
13 States Make Contact Tracing Data Public. Here's What They're Learning by Selena Simmons-Duffin. NPR. August 14, 2020.
35% Of Americans Say They Won't Get Vaccinated When A Vaccine Comes Available
Poll: A Third Of Country Says It Won't Get Vaccinated by Dominico Montanaro. NPR. August 14, 2020.
Distrust Of Healthcare System Adds To Toll In Rural Black Communities Gutted By COVID
Distrust Of Healthcare System Adds To Toll In Rural Black Communities Gutted By COVID by Ariel Hart and Jeremy Redmon. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. August 14, 2020.
Leaked White House Report Warns Of "Widespread And Expanding" COVID-19 Spread In Georgia
White House Warns Of "Widespread And Expanding" COVID-19 Spread in Georgia by J. Scott Trubey and Greg Bluestein. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. August 13, 2020.
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Vaping Linked To Big Increase In COVID-19 Risks In Teens And Young Adults
Vaping Linked To COVID-19 Risk In Teens And Young Adults by Bonnie-Halpern-Felsher. Stanford Medicine News Center.
Preparing For The Fact That Vaccine Will Not Be 100 Percent Effective
Dr. Fauci Tells Americans To Be Mindful Of these Important Limitations About Any Future Vaccines by Quentin Fottrell. MarketWatch. August 12, 2020.
Have Colds A Lot? This May Work In Your Favor
Dr. Fauci Says This May Already Be Keeping You Safe From COVID by Jaimie Etkin. MSN. August 12, 2020.
Nasal Spray Inspired by Camels and Alpacas May Block Coronavirus From Entering Cells
SF Scientists Create An Anti-COVID-19 Nasal Spray by Mike Moffitt. SFGATE. August 12, 2020.
Managing Pandemic Health Risks On College Campuses
Managing Pandemic Health Risks On College Campuses by Preeti N. Malani M.D. The New York Times. August 13, 2020.
Scientific Confirmation Of Infectious Virus In The Air
"A Smoking Gun": Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. August 11, 2020.
Outbreaks Of Coronavirus This Summer Have Centered On Bars And Restaurants
The Nation Wanted To Eat Out Again. Everyone Has Paid The Price by Jennifer Steinhauer. The New York Times. August 12, 2020.
At Least 200,000 People Have Died Since March Pointing To True Toll Of Coronavirus
The True Coronavirus Toll In The U.S. Has Already Surpassed 200,000 by Denise Lu. The New York Times. August 13, 2020.
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Harvard Professor Argues For Changing "The Whole Script Of What It Means To Test People"
Failing The Coronavirus-Testing Test by Jonathan Shaw. Harvard Magazine. August 3, 2020.
Good-Enough Test May Be Best To Fight Coronavirus Infection
"It's Kitchen Sink Time": Fast, Less-Accurate Coronavirus Tests May Be Good Enough by Katherine J. Wu. The New York Times. August 6, 2020.
United States Stands Alone Among Affluent Nations In Coronavirus Failure
The Unique U.S. Failure To Control The Virus by David Leonhardt/Graphics--Lauren Leatherby. The New York Times. August 6, 2020.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
CDC Report On Rapid Spread Of COVID-19 At Georgia Summer Camp
CDC Report Details Rapid Spread COVID-19 At Georgia Summer Camp: What Went Wrong by Kieran McGirl, Jessica Mendoza, Henderson Hewes & Katie Kindelan. GMA. August 3, 2020.
How Vaccine Nationalism Could Extend Pandemic's Run
How Vaccine Nationalism Could Extend Pandemic's Run by Jade Wilson. Bloomberg. August 3, 2020.
Coronavirus Impacts Staffing Levels At Prisons Contributing To Violence
Guards: South Georgia Prison Riot A Bad Omen For Other Facilities by Joshua Sharpe. AJC. August 3, 2020.
Immunity To The Coronavirus Without Exposure To Coronavirus: The Role Of T Cells
Why Some People Who Haven't Had Covid-19 Might Already Have Some Immunity by Jacqueline Howard. CNN. July 30, 2020.
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Georgia Camp Outbreak Shows Rapid Virus Spread Among Children
Georgia Camp Outbreak Shows Rapid Virus Spread Among Children by J. Scott Trubey. AJC. July 31, 2020.
Friday, July 31, 2020
Coronavirus Cases And U.S. Colleges
More Than 6,600 Coronavirus Cases Have Been Linked To U.S. Colleges by Weiyl Cai, Danielle Ivory, Mitch Smith, Alex Lemonides and Lauryn Higgins. The New York Times. July 29, 2020.
The State Of The American Pandemic: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
A Viral Epidemic Splintering Into Deadly Pieces by Donald G. McNeil Jr. The New York Times. July 29, 2020,
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Computer Modeling To Shed Light Of The Importance Of Large Or Small Droplets In Covid-19 Transmission
Aboard The Diamond Princess, A Case Study In Aerosol Transmission by Benedict Carey and James Glanz. The New York Times. July 30, 2020
G.R.U, InfoRos, And Websites Push Out Russian English-Language Disinformation About Pandemic
Russian Intelligence Agencies Push Disinformation On Pandemic by Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger. The New York Times. July 28, 2020.
Dr. Fauci: Americans Should Consider Wearing Goggles Or A Face Shield
Dr. Fauci: Wear Goggles Or Eye Shields To Prevent Spread Of COVID-19; Flu Vaccine A Must by Caterina Andreano. GMA. July 29, 2020,
Heart Damage Found In Coronavirus Patients Months After COVID-19 Recovery
Heart Damage Found In Coronavirus Patients Months After Recovering From COVID-19, Study Says by Adrianna Rodriguez. USA TODAY. July 30, 2020.
Small Study: Children May Have Levels Of Coronavirus Similar To And Maybe Even Higher Than Adults
Children May Carry Coronavirus At High Levels, Study Finds by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. July 30, 2020.
UGA Listed No. 3 Among Colleges In COVID-19 Cases; Transparency Cited By University
UGA Listed No. 3 Among Colleges In COVID-19 Cases; Public Health Revamps Site by Andy Miller. WABE/Georgia Health News. July 30, 2020.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
What Do We Know About Children and Coronavirus Transmission?
What Do We Know About Children And Coronavirus Transmission by Josh Michaud and Jennifer Kates
Study Identifies Six Different "Types Of COVID-19
Study Identifies Six Different "Types" Of COVID-19 by Elizabeth Elkind. CBS News. July 29, 2020.
Accurate Test To Measure Tau Protein May Be Landmark In Alzheimer's Diagnosis
Alzheimer's Blood Test In Your Doctor's Office Closer To Reality, Studies Say by Sandeeps LaMotte And Andrea Kane. CNN. July 29, 2020.
Advance Purchase Of 100 Million Doses Of Vaccine Viewed As Prudent From Economic And Public Health 'Perspectives
The U.S. Commits To Buying Millions Of Vaccine Doses. Why That's Unusual by Sarah Kliff. The New York Times. July 22, 2020.
Pooled Testing Could Expand Testing Capacity Dramatically In Certain Situations
How To Test More People For Coronavirus Without Actually Needing More Tests by Quoctrung But, Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz. The New York Times. July 27, 2020.
Coronavirus-Related Deaths In A Community Tends To Reduce Support For Republicans
How Local Covid Deaths Are Affecting Vote Choice by Lynn Vavreck And Christopher Warshaw. The New York Times. July 28, 2020.
Friday, July 24, 2020
179,500 Excess Deaths From March 15 to July 11
Tracking The Real Coronavirus Death Toll In The United States by Josh Katz, Denise Lu And Margot Sanger-Katz. The New York Times. July 22, 2020.
The Evolution Of the Smallpox Virus May Tell Us About The Future of COVID-19
Viking Age Smallpox Complicates Story Of Viral Evolution by James Gorman. The New York Times. July 23, 2020.
Pandemic Lockdowns Led to "Longest And Most Coherent Global Seismic Noise Reduction In Recorded History"
With Covid-19, A Seismic Quiet Like Not Other by William J. Broad. The New York Times. July 23, 2020.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Why Medicines Must Be Tested In The Developing World
Why Medicines Must Be Tested In The Developing World by David Pilling. The Financial Times. July 23, 2020.
Lessening The Burden Of Testing, CDC Produces Symptom-Driven Guidelines For Lifting Isolation
COVID-19 Patients No Longer Need Tests To End Isolation by Donald G. McNeil Jr. The New York Times. July 22, 2020.
The Confounding Range Of COVID-19 Symptoms
The Confounding Range Of COVID-19 Symptoms by Alison Snyder. Axios. July 23, 2020.
Responding To Healthcare Workers' Mental Health Needs
Covid-19 Is Pushing Doctors To The Brink. Medicine Needs To Recognize They're Human And Need Help. Ester Choo, M.D. The Washington Post. July 20, 2020.
Dexamethasone AND Prednisone May Be Appropriate In Certain COVID-19 Cases
It's Not Just Dexamethasone: Other Steroids May Be Used To Treat Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients, Study Says by Adrianna Rodriguez. USA Today. July 22, 2020.
Updates On 4 Frontrunners COVID-19 Vaccines
Meet The 4 Frontrunners In The COVID-19 Vaccine Race by Beth Mole. Are Technica. July 23, 2020.
Georgia Coronavirus Cases, Deaths By Zip Code
Use This Tool To See How Many GA Coronavirus Cases, Deaths Occur In Your Zip Code by Nick Wooten. Macon.com. July 23, 2020.
Reinfection Not Likely; Antibodies, Memory T Cells, and B Cells Contribute To Immunity
Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It's Very Unlikely, Experts Say by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. July 22, 2020.
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Trump Emphasizes Transportation And Loosing Environmental Regulations; Coronavirus, Not So Much
Trump Arrives In Atlanta Today To Unveil Transportation Initiative by Greg Bluestein and Tamar Hallerman. The Atlanta Journal Constitution. July 15, 2020.
City/State Conflict On Governor Kemp's Ban On Mask Mandates
Kemp's Ban Of Mask Mandates Puts Georgia On Collision Course With Its Cities by Greg Bluestein and Jeremy Redmon. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 16, 2020.
Governor Kemp Forbids Cites/Counties From Requiring Masks
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Forbids Cities, Counties From Requiring Masks As Coronavirus Surges In The State by Meagan Flynn. The Washington Post. July 16, 2020.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Coronavirus Data Is Funneled Away From CDC, Sparking Worries
Coronavirus Data Is Funneled Away From CDC, Sparking Worries. Associated Press/New York Times.
Near-Peer Military Conflicts Will Emphasize Medical Training For Average Soldiers
Combat Medicine To Go Through Significant Changes by Steve Balestrieri. SOFREP. July 15, 2020.
Third Of People With Alzheimer's Disease Have Access To Firearm At Home
Caregivers Say One-Third Of Alzheimer's Patients Have Access To Guns At Home, Study Finds by Sandeeps LaMotte. CNN. July 15, 2020.
Coronavirus Upending The U.S. Health Coverage Market
Coronavirus Outbreak Is Already Upending Health Insurance Premiums And Copays For Next Year by Bertha Coombs. CNBC. July 15, 2020.
Revised Picture Of Effect Of Blood Type On COVID: Weaker Link Than Initially Indicated
Covid-19 Risk Doesn't Depend (Much) On Blood Type, New Studies Find by Carl Zimmer. The New York Times. July 15, 2020.
National Academies Of Science Recommends Opening School With Emphasis Of In Person Attendance By Younger Students
Citing Educational Risks, Scientific Panel Urges That Schools Reopen by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. July 15, 2020.
Data Gaps In Georgia In Coronavirus Cases: Race, Ethnicity
As Coronavirus Cases Climb In Georgia, Data About Race, Ethnicity Lag by J. Scott Trubey. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 7, 2020.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Cites Including Athens Require Masks
A Growing Number Of Georgia Cities Require Masks Over Kemp's Objection by Greg Bluestein and Ben Brasch. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 8, 2020.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
In Reversal, University System Of Georgia Requires Students And Faculty To Wear Face Coverings
University System Of Georgia To Require Masks In Classrooms After All by Eric Stirgus. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 6, 2020.
New Generation Coronavirus Tests
A New Generation Of Fast Coronavirus Tests Is Coming by Katherine J. Wu. The New York Times. July 6, 2020,
Monday, July 6, 2020
More Than 1400 Georgia Healthcare Workers Ask Governor For More Coronavirus Restrictions
More Than 1,400 Georgia Healthcare Workers Sign Letter Asking Governor For More Coronavirus Restrictions by Hollie Silverman, Susannah Cullinane And Steve Almasy. CNN. July 4, 2020.
Georgia Tech Faculty Challenges Optional Masks
"A Nightmare": Georgia Tech Faculty Rush Back Against In-Person Reopening Plans by Matthew S. Schwartz. NPR. July 5, 2020.
Waste Water Tracking Can Provide Early Warning For Covid Onset
Waste-Watching: Sewage Can Help Track Pandemic Virus Trends by Malcolm Ritter. AP. July 6, 2020.
Why? Cases Are Rising But Deaths Are Falling
Covid-19 Cases Are Rising, But Deaths Are Falling. What's Going On? by Dylan Scott. Vox. July 6, 2020.
Months Of Trial And Error In The ICU Offer Clues On How To Save Covid Patients
Months Of Trial And Error In The ICU Offer Clues On How To Save Covid Patients by Jason Gale. Bloomberg. July 6, 2020.
New Study Of Hydroxychoroquine Points To Improvements But Difficult To Interpret Due To Methodology Problems And Limitations
Study Finds Hydroxychloroquine May Have Boosted Survival, But Other Researchers Have Doubts by Maggie Fox, Andrea Kane, And Elizabeth Cohen. CNN. July 3, 2020.,
Former CDC Directors Calls The US An "Outlier" As Other Nations Have Curtailed Spread; Says Nuanced Vision Needed
U.S. Is An "Outlier" in Global Coronavirus Fight, Former CDC Director Says by David Morgan. CBS This Morning. July 6, 2020.
WHO: Access To HIV Medicines Impacted By COVID-19
WHO: Access To HIV Medicines Severely Impacted By COVID-19 As Aids Response Stalls. World Health Organization. July 6, 2020.,
Pandemic Surge Yields Contrasting Campaign Strategies
Trump And Biden Campaigns Shift Focus To Coronavirus As Pandemic Surges by Yasmeen Abutaleb and Josh Dawsey.
Publicly-Financed Vaccine Research May Generate Big Private Profits
How A Covid-19 Vaccine Could Cost Americans Dearly by Elisabeth Rosenthal. The New York Times. July 6, 2020.
WHO Reviewing Report Urging New Guidance Over Airborne Spread Of Coronavirus
WHO Reviewing Report Urging New Guidance Over Airborne Spread Of Coronavirus by Reuters. Reuters/The New York Times. July 6, 2020.
Controversy: The Role Of Aerosols In Coronavirus Transmission
239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. July 4, 2020.,
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Pandemic's Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About The Atmosphere
Pandemic's Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About The Atmosphere by Coral Davenport. The New York Times. June 25, 2020.
European Union May Ban Americans Due To Failure To Control Virus
EU Travel Recommendations May Impede Americans And Russians by Reuters/New York Times. June 24, 2020.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Drinking Surged During The Pandemic; Warning Signs For Problems
Drinking Surged During The Pandemic. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction? by KCUR. Kaiser Health News. June 24, 2020.
McKinsey: US Consumer Sentiment During The Coronavirus Crisis
Survey: US Consumer Sentiment During The Coronavirus Crisis. McKinsey & Company. June 11, 2020.
Isolationist Travel For The Pandemic
The New Escapism: Isolationist Travel by Elaine Glusac. The New York Times. June 24, 2020.
The Concept Of The Second Wave Is Flawed
An Expert Explains: Why It's Wrong To Talk About A Second Wave Of COVID-19 by Jeremy Rossman. World Economic Forum, June 23, 2020.
Sweden's Coronavirus Strategy Results In Avoidance By Nordic Neighbors
Sweden Tries Out A New Status: Pariah State by Thomas Erdbrink. The New York Times. June 22, 2020.
Older People May Require Different Vaccination Strategy
Covid-19 Vaccine May Not Work For At-Risk Older People, Say Scientists by Sarah Boseley. The Guardian. June 23, 2020.
Using Public Restrooms Safely During The pandemic
Public Restrooms: What You Need To Know About Using Them Safely Amid The Pandemic by Jen Rose Smith. CNN. June 23, 2020l
Friday, June 19, 2020
Large Study Supports Safety Of Convalescent Plasma And Effectiveness Early In The Disease
Blood Plasma From People Who Recovered Is A Safe Covid-19 Treatment, Study Says by Carolyn Y. Johnson. The Washington Post. June 18, 2020.
Will Developing Countries Get Any Vaccines In Time To Save Lives?
Race For Virus Vaccines Could Leave Some Countries Behind by The Associated Press/NY Times. June 18, 2020
Pandemic Results In Delays In Cancer Screenings, Diagnoses, Research, And Treatments
Nation's Cancer Chief Warns Delays In Cancer Care Are likely To Result In Thousands Of Extra Deaths In Coming Years by Laurie McGinley. The Washington Post. June 18, 2020.
Coronavirus Pandemic Changing The Prescribing Practices Of Hospitals
U.S. Hospitals In Hard Hit Regions Step Up Use Of Steroids On Sickest COVID-19 Patients by Michael Erman. Reuters. June 19, 2020.
Accusations Of Falsification Of COVID-19 Test Results In Clarke County
Georgia Nurses Accuse Hospital Of Manipulating COVID-19 Test Results by Lindsey Basye, Andy Pierrotti. 11 Alive. June 18, 2020.
Saturday, June 13, 2020
Public Health Officials Leaving Jobs In The Face Of Threats
An "Alarming" Exodus: Public Health Officials Fighting Coronavirus Depart Amid Growing Threats, Nonstop Work by Michelle R. Smith, Lauren Weber And Anna Maria Barry-Jester USAToday. June 13, 2020.
172 Observational Studies Support Wearing Masks
Spate Of New Research Supports Wearing Masks To Control Coronavirus Spread by Ben Guarino, Chelsea Janes and Ariana Eunjung Cha. The Washington Post. June 13, 2020.
Friday, June 12, 2020
The Virus Is Not Over; However The U.S. Determination To Take Action May Be
The Virus Will Win by Yascha Mounk. The Atlantic. June 12, 2020.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Where To Focus, And Not To Focus, Attention To Understand The Epidemic
Amateur Epidemiology Is Deterring Our Covid-19 Response. Here's What We Should Do Instead by Tom Frieden. The Washington Post. June 10, 2020.
Fitness Freed From The Gym? Will Coronavirus Kill The Dedicated Space?
How Fitness Will Change Forever by Michael Owen. The Atlantic. May 29, 2020.
Health Is About More Than Simply Avoiding Coronavirus Infection; All Protests Are Not Equal
Public-Health Experts Are Not Hypocrites by Julia Marcus and Gregg Gonsalves. The Atlantic. June 11, 2020.
Warning Signals For Georgia Coronavirus
Two And A Half Weeks After Memorial Day, COVID-19 Data Ticks Back Up In Georgia by Erin Peterson. 11Alive Staff. June 11, 2020.
Emory University Will Require COVID-19 Testing Of Dormitory Residents And Those Taking In-Person Classes
Emory To Require COVID-19 Testing For Face-To-Face Instruction by Eric Stirgus. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 11, 2020.
Innovative Sex/Dating During The Pandemic
Masks, No Kissing And "A Little Kinky': Dating And Sex In A Pandemic by Tara Parker-Pope. The New York Times. June 11, 2020.
Molecular Changes Due To Exercises: 9,815 Changes During And After Exercise
A Single Session Of Exercise Alters 9,815 Molecules In Our Blood by Gretchen Reynolds. The New York Times. June 10, 2020.
Using Data, Managing Risk, Developing Good Habits To Live During A Pandemic
5 Rules To Live By During A Pandemic by Tara Parker-Pope. The New York Times. June 9, 2020.
New: Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker by Jonathan Corum And Carl Zimmer. The New York Times. June 10, 2020.
The Personal Activities Of 511 Epidemologists: When They Will Resume Everyday Activities
When 511 Epidemiologists Expect To Fly, Hug And Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again by Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain iller And Quoctrung Bui. The New York Times. June 8, 2020.
Saturday, June 6, 2020
The Future Of Group Exercise Classes
What's The Future Of Group Exercise Classes by Gretchen Reynolds. The New York Times. June 3, 2020.
Genetics, Blood Type May Indicate Vulnerability to Severe Covid-19.
Genes May Leave Some People More vulnerable To Severe Covid-19 by Carl Zimmer. The New York Times. June 3, 2020.
Coronavirus May Force Intelligence Community To Rethink Its Job
Coronavirus May Force The U.S. Intelligence Community To Rethink How It Does Its Job by Ken Dilanian. NBC News. June 6, 2020.
Friday, June 5, 2020
Not Over In Two Weeks: Long-Term Suffers Of Coronavirus Are Left Out Of Narrative
COVID-19 Can Last For Several Months by Ed Yong. The Atlantic. June 4, 2020.
NIH Chief Warns That "Skepticism" May Cause Some To Skip Vaccine
NIH Chief Worried Vaccine "Skepticism" Might Cause Some To Skip Vaccine by Elizabeth Cohen. CNN. June 4, 2020.
Five Possible Reasons Georgia Coronavirus Cases Have Not Surged
Why Georgia's Reopening Hasn't Led To A Surge In Coronavirus Cases (So Far) by German Lopez. Vox. June 4, 2020.
Retractions Of Two Major Medical Studies Raises Questions About Scientific Research As Pandemic Spreads
Two Huge Covid-19 Studies Are Retracted After Scientists Sound Alarms by Roni Caryn Rabin and Ellen Gabler. The New York Times. June 4, 2020.
Middle East, Africa, Latin America, South Asia Hit By Coronavirus; Global Cases Grow By More Than 100,000 A Day
Coronavirus Rips Into Regions Previously Spared by Declan Walsh. The New York Times. June 4, 2020.
Some Athletes Who Had Coronavirus Suffer Lingering Lung And Other Health Issues
These Athletes Had The Coronavirus. Will They Ever Be The Same? by Andrew Keh. The New York Times. May 29, 2020.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Different Realities Divide Perception Of Coronavirus
The Coronavirus Is Deadliest Where Democrats Live by Jennifer Medina and Robert Gebeloff. The New York Times. May 25, 2020.
Data About Worker Illness Remains Elusive In Meatpacking Plants Even As They Reopen
As Meatpacking Plants Reopen, Data About Worker Illness Remains Elusive by Michael Corkery, David Yaffe-Bellany and Derek Kravitz. The New York Times. May 25, 2020.
Normalizing, Becoming Numb, Is Our Enemy In The Coronavirus Epidemic
The Risks Of Normalizing The Coronavirus by Clayton Dalton. The New Yorker. May 27, 2020.
California Suggest Guidelines For Opening Churches
California Suggests No Singing And Shorter Services In Guidelines For Reopening Places Of Worship by Hollie Silverman. CNN. May 26, 2020.
Grim Milestone: 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths; Almost Certainly An Undercount
The US Has Reached A Grim Milestone: 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths by Dylan Scott and Christina Animashaun. Vox. May 27, 2020.
Purdue University President: Opening In Fall Is A Duty
Why Failing To Reopen Purdue University This Fall Would Be An Unacceptable Breach Of Duty by Mitch Daniels. The Washington Post. May 25, 2020.
Coronavirus Bringing About Deeper European Economic Integration
The European Union Is On The Brink Of Historic Change by Ferdinando Giugliano. Bloomberg. May 27, 2020.
Anxiety Resulting In Delaying Or Forgoing Critical Lifesaving Procedures
Fear Of Covid Leads Other Patients To Decline Critical Treatment by Katie Hafner. The New York Times. May 25, 2020.
Proposal: Start School Later To Encourage More Sleep
The Coronavirus Has Made It Obvious. Teenagers Should Start School Later by Aaron E. Carroll. May 27, 2020.
Making Wearing Masks The Norm
There Are 3 Things We Have To Do To Get People Wearing Masks by Angela Duckworth, Lyle Ungar and Ezekiel J. Emanuel. The New York Times. May 27, 2020.
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Five Ways To Monitor The Coronavirus Outbreak In The U.S.
Five Ways To monitor The Coronavirus Outbreak In The U.S. The New York Times. May 22, 2020.
What Can An 1948 Elite Cadre Of Venereal Disease Contact Tracers Teach Us About Contact Tracing?
Contact Tracing Is Harder Than It Sounds by Kate Murphy. The New York Times. May 23, 2020.
Muddy Statistical Waters: Diagnostic And Antibody Tests Were Combined In CDC And State Reports (Including Georgia)
C.D.C. Test Counting Error Leaves Epidemiologists "Really Baffled" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Sheila Kaplan And Sarah Mervosh. The New York Times. May 22, 2020.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Ringgold Church Closes After Several Parishioners Tests Coronavirus Positive
Georgia Church Reopens, Quickly Closes Again After Several Families Get Coronavirus by Tanasta Kenney. The State. May 19, 2020.
A Mess!: CDC And States Are Conflating Diagnostic And Antibody Tests
"How Could The CDC Make That Mistake?" by Alexis C. Madrigal And Robinson Meyer. The Atlantic
Legionnaires' Disease May Pose A Threat To Returning Workers
After Coronavirus, Office Workers Might Face Unexpected Health Threats by Max Horberry. The New York Times. May 20, 2020.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
New York Times Maps Where U.S. Residents Are At Increased Risk For Covid-19
Where Chronic Health Conditions And Coronavirus Could Collide by Nadja Popovich, Anjali Singhvi and Matthew Conlen. The New York Times. May 18, 2020.
The Experience Economy Shut Down By Coronavirus
Coronavirus Shut Down The "Experience Economy." Can It Come Back? by David Gelles. The New York Times. May 20, 2020.
Conspiracy Theories About Pandemic Gain More Traction Than Mainstream Online Events
How The "Pandemic" Movie And Its Falsehoods Spread Widely Online by Sheera Frenkel, Ben Decker And Davey Alba.
Manufacturing And Distribution Challenges Of Vaccine Production
Find A Vaccine. Next: Produce 300 Million Vials Of It by Knvul Sheikh. The New York Times. May 1, 2020.
Vaccine Development Is A Challenge, Even Without Considering Manufacturing and Distribution
A New Entry In The Race For A Coronavirus Vaccine: Hope by Carl Zimmer, Knvul Sheikh and Noah Weiland. May 20, 2020.
Exercise For Older Adults During Coronavirus
Older And Stuck At Home? Expert Advice On Fitness by Gretchen Reynolds. The New York Times. April 22, 2020.
Is It Safe To Go Back To the Gym?
Is It Safe To Go Back To The Gym? by Gretchen Reynolds. The New York Times. May 13, 2020.
Elevators And Coronavirus
Can I Get Coronavirus From Riding An Elevator? by Tara Parker-Pope. The New York Times. May 13, 2020.
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Extreme Stress, PTSD Threatens Frontline Medical Workers
'I Can't Turn My Brain Off': PTSD And Burnout Threaten Medical Workers by Jan Hoffman. The New York Times. May 16, 2020.
Consensus: Outside Is Safer Than In An Office. However Caution Is Still Called For
What We Know About Your Chances Of Catching The Virus Outdoors by Michael Levenson, Tara Parker-Pope and James Gorman. The New York Times. May 16, 2020.
Hospital Revenue Plunges As Focus Shifts From Lucrative Surgeries To Coronavirus Victims
Hospitals Knew How To Make Money. Then Coronavirus Happened by Sarah Kliff. The New York Times. May 15, 2020.
Federal Coronavirus Response Shows Results Of Hollowing Out The Government
Crisis Exposes How America Has Hollowed Out Its Government by Dan Balz. The Washington Post. May 16, 2020.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Raw Numbers And Positive Rate: Testing Numbers Are Improving
America's Coronavirus Testing Numbers Are Really Improving--Finally by German Lopez. Vox. May 14, 2020.
Navigating Uncertainty While Battling COVID-19
A Doctor On How To Make COVID-19 Decisions When So Much Is Unknow by Abraar Karan.
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"Truth Decay" Is Harming America's Coronavirus Recovery
How "Truth Decay" Is Harming America's Coronavirus Recovery by Alex Ward. Vox. May 14, 2020.
Pandemics Are Ripe Moments For Cross-Cultural Learning: Will America Learn From Others?
Why America Resists Learning From Other Countries by Uri Friedman. The Atlantic. May 14, 2020.
Strongest Evidence Yet That Deadly Inflammatory Condition Linked To Coronavirus
New Inflammatory Condition In Children Probably Linked To Coronavirus, Study Finds by Pam Belluck. The New York Times. May 13, 2020.
Total Deaths At This Point From Coronavirus is likely between 100,000 And 110,000
America's True Covid Toll Already Exceeds 100,000 by Nicholas Kistof. The New York Times. May 13, 2020.
Saturday, May 9, 2020
One-Third Of All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Nursing Home Residents Or Workers
One-Third Of All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Nursing Home Residents Or Workers by Karen Yourish, K.K. Rebecca Lai. Danielle Ivory and Mitch Smith. May 9, 2020.
Move To Limit Governors' Powers On Virus Response
GOP In Power Grab To Rein In Dem Governors On Virus Response. AP/New York Times. May 9, 2020.
The Shape Of Our Pandemic Future
This Is The Future Of The Pandemic by Siobhan Roberts. The New York Times. May 8, 2020,
Friday, May 8, 2020
Israeli Defense Industry Targets COVID-19
Israeli Army's Idea Lab Aims At A New Target: Saving Lives by David M. Halbfinger. The New York Times. May 7, 2020.
F.D.A Paves Way For Home Testing of Coronavirus
F.D.A. Paves Way For Home Testing Of Coronavirus by Andrew Jacobs. The New York Times. May 7, 2020.
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Appears To Related To COVID-19; Attacks Children
Children Are Falling Ill With A Baffling Ailment Related To Covid-19 by Joseph Goldstein and Pam Belluck. The New York Times. May 5, 2020.
Compelling Not Definitive Evidence That Children Can Transmit Coronavirus
New Studies Add To Evidence That Children May Transmit The Coronavirus by Apoorva Mandavilli. The New York Times. May 5, 2020.
Georgia Early Reopening Attracted Visitors Raising The Risk Of Transmission
Smartphone Data Shows Out-Of-State Visitors Flocked To Georgia As Restaurants And Other Business Reopened by Kathrine Shaver. The Washington Post. May 7, 2020.
Rejected CDC Reopening Guidelines Posted
US Shelves Detailed Guide To Reopening Country by Jason Dearen and Mike Stobbe. AP. May 7, 2020.
Coronavirus Survivors Banned From Joining The Military
Coronavirus Survivors Banned From Joining The Military by Meghann Myers. Military Times. May 6, 2020.
Most Opening States Fail To Meet Trump Administration Criteria
Most States That Are Reopening Fail To Meet White House Guidelines by Keith Collins and Lauren Leatherby. The New York Times. May 7, 2020.
Saturday, May 2, 2020
How To Clean Your Home For Coronavirus
How To Clean Your Home For Coronavirus by Tara Parker-Pope. The New York Times. March 18, 2020.
Coronavirus Day-By-Day: What To Watch For
Why Days 5 To 10 Are So Important When You Have Coronavirus by Tara Parker-Pope. The New York Times. April 30, 2020.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Drug Repurposing Opens Possibilities For Fighting Coronavirus
Old Drugs May Find A New Purpose: Fighting The Coronavirus by Carl Zimmer. The New York Times. April 30, 2020.
Aerosol Traps: Tool To Analyze Airborne Infection
Tiny Airborne Particles May Carry The New Coronavirus by James Kingsland. Medical News Today. April 30, 2020.
Athens Mayor, Businessman, And Other Georgians Offer Perspective On A Consequential Tradeoff
Georgia's Experiment In Human Sacrifice by Amanda Mull. The Atlantic. April 29, 2020.
In Pandemics Urgency Demands Patience, Getting It Right Requires Making Mistakes
The Science On Coronavirus Is Topsy-Turvy. That's Fine by Peter B. Bach and Kent A Sepkowitz. The New York Times.
Virus Release Subject of Investigation by Intelligence Agencies, Likely Fodder For Dispute Between U.S. And China
Trump Officials Are Said To Press Spies To Link Virus And Wuhan Labs by Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Edward Wong And Adam Goldman. The New York Times. April 30, 2020.
CDC Study Illustrates The Heavy Toll On African Americans Among Georgia Victims Of Coronavirus
As Georgia Reopens, Virus Study Shows Black Residents May Bear Brunt David Waldstein. The New York Times. April 30, 2020
Monday, April 27, 2020
How To Stop the Next Pandemic
How Scientists Could Stop The Next Pandemic Before It Starts by Jennifer Kahn. The New York Times. April 21, 2020.
Friday, April 24, 2020
Avoiding Coronavirus, Parents Are Avoiding Immunizations For Their Children
Vaccine Rates Drop Dangerously As Parents Avoid Doctor's Visits by Jan Hoffman. The New York Times. April 23, 2020.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Autocratic Governments Use Pandemic Aid To Consolidate Power, Punish Opposition
Poland And Hungary Use Coronavirus To Punish Opposition by Steven Erlanger. The New York Times. April 22, 2022.
From Ridicule To Policy: The Evolution Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions Such As Social Distancing
The Untold Story Of The Birth Of Social Distancing by Eric Lipton and Jennifer Steinhauer. The New York Times. April 22, 2022.
"Could Be Setting Us Back" Fauci Says Of Georgia Reopening Decision
"I Am Beyond Disturbed": Internal Dissent As States Reopen Despite Virus by Rick Rojas and Richard Fausset. The New York Times. April 21, 2020.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Resilience, Regional Trade Blocs, Redundancy May Characterize The World Economy After Coronavirus
It's The End Of The World Economy As We Know It by Neil Irwin. The New York Times. April 16, 2020.
How Many Undiscovered COVID-19 Cases Are Out There? Maybe A Lot; Maybe Not According To Test-Positivity Rate
A New Statistic Reveals Why America's COVID-19 Numbers Are Flat by Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal. The Atlantic. April 16, 2020.
Probably A Dramatic Undercount On Coronavirus Deaths
There's Been A Spike In People Dying At Home In Several Cities. That Suggests Coronavirus Deaths Are Higher Than Reported by Jack Gillum, Lisa Song And Jeff Kao. ProPublica. April 14, 2020.
2-Decades Of Failure To Prepare For Coronavirus
Inside America's 2-Decade Failure To Prepare For Coronavirus by Dan Diamond. Politico. April 11, 2020.
Timeline Of The Coronavirus Pandemic And U.S. Response
Timeline Of The Coronavirus Pandemic And U.S. Response by Ryan Goodman And Danielle Schulkin. Just Security. April 14, 2020.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Russian Disinformation Has Encouraged The Spread Of Deadly Illnesses
Putin's Long War Against American Science by William Broad. The New York Times. April 13, 2020.
Social Distancing May Have Turned The Corner
Has New York Bent The Curve? by Nate Silver. Fivethirtyeight. April 14, 2020.
Coronavirus Latest Map And Case Count
Coronavirus In The U.S.: Latest Map And Case Count by The New York Times. April 14, 2020.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Coronavirus Claims Victim In Georgia Meat Plant
Poultry Worker's Death Highlights Spread Of Coronavirus In Meat Plants by Miriam Jordan And Caitlin Dickerson. The New York Times. April 9, 2020.
Three Drug Development Strategies For Coronavirus
The Best Hopes For A Coronavirus Drug by Sarah Zhang. The Atlantic. April 8, 2020
COVID-19 Threats Assisted Living Industry
COVID-19 Crisis Threatens Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry by Laura Ungar And Jay Hancock. KHN. April 9, 2020.
First Study Reviewed By Outside Institutions Of A Coronavirus Candidate Vaccine Published in The Lancet
COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise, Research Shows. University of Pittsburg/Science Daily. April 2, 2020
Understanding Asymptomatic Carriers
What We Need To Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers If We're Going To Beat Coronavirus by Caroline Chen. ProPublica. April 2, 2020.
Why Are Fewer Women Than Men Dying From The Coronavirus?
Why Are Fewer Women Dying From The Coronavirus? by Katherine Harmon Courage. Vox. April 9, 2020.
Fed Coronavirus Relief Effort Includes Buying Municipal Bonds To Help State And Local Government
Fed Programs Could Inject $2.3 Trillion Into The Economy by Jeanna Smialek. The New York Times. April 9, 2020.
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Developing Nations Cannot Test For Coronavirus Partly Because The US and Europe Are Outspending Them
In Scramble For Coronavirus Supplies, Rich Countries Push Poor Aside by Jane Bradley. The New York Times. April 9, 2020.
New York Area Coronavirus Brought Mainly From Europe, Not Asia
Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show by Carl Zimmer. The New York Times. April 9, 2020.
How NOT To Wear A Mask
How NOT To Wear A Mask by Tara Parker-Pope. The New York Times. April 8, 2020.
Saturday, April 4, 2020
How Coronavirus Has Transformed The Political Debate
The Coronavirus Killed The Policy Primary by Edward-Isaac Dovere. The Atlantic. April 4, 2020.
COVID-19 Crisis Will Not Be Over In Three Or Four Months; The World Will Change The Longer It Lasts
Stretching The International Order To Its Breaking Point by Thomas Wright. The Atlantic. April 4, 2020.
Georgia Has 2,400-3,000 Ventilators On Hand. What That Be Enough? What Are The Psychological An Ethical Implications
Georgia Doctors Plan For Wrenching Choices Amid Slim Ventilator Supply by Ariel Hart. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 1, 2020.
Emory Prepares For April 22 When Georgia Hospitals Will Have Shortage of 755 Beds and 84 Will Die (According To Projections)
Emory Hospital Prepares For "Super Surge Of COVID-19 Patients by Helena Oliviero. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 3, 2020.
Nursing Homes "Have Become An Accelerator" For Coronavirus In Georgia
Industry Officials Expect The Virus To Continue To Spread To More Senior Care Facilities Despite Measures To Contain It by Brad Schrade And Carrie Teegardin. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 3, 2020
Trump Administration Approach To Defense Production Act Raises Questions About Medical Exports
Trump Seeks To Block 3M Mask Exports And Grab Masks From Its Overseas Customers by Ana Swanson, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman.
Few Countries Flattening The Curve For The Coronavirus
Are Countries, Flattening The Curve For The Coronavirus? by K.K. Rebecca Lai. The New York Times. April 3, 2020.
430,000 People Have Traveled From China To U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced
430,000 People Have Traveled From China To U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced by Steve Eder, Henry Fountain, Michael H. Keller, Muyi Xiao and Alexandra Stevenson. The New York Times. April 4, 2020
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Trump Rejects Obamacare Special Enrollment Period Amid Pandemic
Trump Rejects Obamacare Special Enrollment Period Amid Pandemic by Susannah Luthi. Politico. March 31, 2020.
Georgia GOP Members of Congress Urge Election Delay
All GOP Members Of Congress Urge Election Delay by Mark Niesse. AJC. March 31, 2020.
Cumming Georgia Mayor Cancels Cities Social Distancing Order
Georgia Mayor Cancels Social Distancing Order Despite State Having Almost 5,000 Coronavirus Cases by Matthew Impelli. Newsweek. April 1, 2020.
Russian Aid To US Addresses Domestic Russian Needs
Trump Called Russia's Coronavirus Aid To U.S. 'Very Nice.' Putin May Use It As A Propaganda Coup by Robyn Dixon. The Washington Post. April 1, 2020.
Coronavirus Separates Seriously Ill Patients From Their Loved Ones In Hospitals
'A Heart-Wrenching Thing': Hospital Bans On Visits Devastate Families by Katie Hafner. The New York Times. March 29, 2020.
Creating The Coronavirus Image Is Part Education, Marketing, Psychology, And Art
The Spiky Blob Seen Around The World by Cara Giaimo. The New York Times. April 1, 2020.
What Happens To Care When Demand Far Exceeds Intensive Care Resources; Triage Plans Developed by States Vary
At The Top Of The Covic-19 Curve, How Do Hospitals Decide Who Gets Treatment? by Mike Baker and Sheri Fink. The New York Times. April 1, 2020.
Soap Unglues Covid-19 From The Skin And Loosens Proteins, Lipids And RNA In The Virus Itself
The Science Of Soap-Here's How It Kills The Coronavirus by Pall Thordarson. The Guardian. March 12, 2020.
Getting Ahead Of Coronavirus By Identifying Incipient Outbreaks Before The Authorities
How Are You Feeling? Surveys Aim To Detect Covid-19 Hot Spots Early by David M. Halbfinger. The New York Times. April 1, 2020.
Negative Covid-19 Testing Result May Not Mean That You Are Not Infected; Assume The Worse And Consider The Context
If You Have Coronavirus Symptoms, Assume You Have The Illness, Even If You Test Negative by Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D. The New York Times. April 1, 2020.