Standards For Clean Air In Building And Shared Spaces; Scientists Call For Regulation and Research

 Experts Urge Strict Workplace Air Quality Standards, In Wake Of Pandemic by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  May 17, 2021.  

Reason For Mask Guidance Change: Vaccinated People Rarely Transmit; Shots Are Effective Against Variants

Why The C.D.C. Changed Its Advice On Masks by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  May 19, 2021.  

Experts Remain Cautious To Protect Others Who Aren't Yet Vaccinated

 Got The Vaccine?  Experts Say You Can Relax About Your Covid-19 Risk Now.  Really. by German Lopez.  Vox.  May 11, 2021.  

So-Called Breakthrough Infections: They Are "What You Expect To See"

Yes, You Can Be Vaccinated And Still Get Covid-19.  But Don't Panic by Brian Resnick.  Vox.  April 14, 2021.   

CDC Guidance On Restaurant Dining For The Vaccinated

 You're Vaccinated Now, So Can You Go To A Restaurant?  What You Should Know by Kristen Rogers. CNN.  April 8, 2021.  

"Double Mutant" Covid Variant Identified In California

Researchers Identify Five New Cases Of "Double Mutant" Covid Variant In California by Rich Mendez. CNBC.  April 8, 2021.   

Restaurant Workers Between Mask Mandates And Inability To Get Shots.

 Masks Off, Mahi Mahi On.  Restaurant Workers Are In A Race For Vaccines by Jennifer Steinhauer.  The New York Times.  April 7, 2021.  

Potential Animal Species Host For Coronavirus Now Includes Mice; Mutations Need To Be Monitored To Identify Potential New Hosts

 Virus Variants Can Infect Mice, Scientists Report by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  March 31, 2021.  

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.   

"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.  

Superspreader Events And People

 Covid Superspreader Events Emerge As Focus Of Concern by Denise Chow.  NBC News.  October 7, 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.   

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.   

Over 500,000 COVID-19 Cases Among Children; Severe Illness Rare

 More Than Half A Million Children In The U.S. Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus Since Pandemic Started, Report Says by Peter Martinez.  

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Studies Produce Divergent Estimates Of COVID-19 Impacts

Study Says 260,000 COVID-19 Cases Could Be Tied To Sturgis Rally;  Noem Calls It 'Fiction' by Megan Raposa.  September 8, 2020.  

Three Questions About COVID-19 Reinfection

Coronavirus Reinfections:  Three Questions Scientists Are Asking by Heidi Ledford.  Nature.  September 4, 2020.  

Superspreading Events Including A Business Conference Ultimately Responsible For 20,000 Cases Of COVID

Weddings, A Conference And A Motorcycle Rally Eyed As COVID-19 Superspreader Events:  Here's Why Experts Say 'don't go' To Large Gatherings by Korin Miller.  Yahoo/Life.  August 26, 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.

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.