Florida lost 70,000 people to Covid. It’s still not prepared for the next wave. | POLITICO | May 1 |
Disease-causing parasites could spread via ocean plastics | Fast Company | May 1 |
The US should prepare for a predictable Southern summer surge of Covid-19, Birx says | CNN | May 1 |
As Beijing tightens COVID curbs, hard-hit Shanghai sees signs of life | Reuters | May 1 |
New Zealand reopens to tourists after two-year pandemic lockout | BBC News | May 2 |
Bill Gates Says ‘Way Above’ 5% Risk Pandemic Could Get Worse | Business Insider | May 2 |
BA.4, BA.5 variants sweeping South Africa have been detected in the U.S., with the potential to start another COVID wave | Fortune | May 2 |
China is obsessed with disinfection against Covid. But is it causing more harm than good? | CNN | May 2 |
Amazon Cuts Paid COVID-19 Leave for US Workers | PC Mag | May 2 |
Their virus symptoms were minor. Then they had long Covid. | CNN | May 2 |
Setback for Shanghai’s COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing | Reuters | May 2 |
Hong Kong’s foreign domestic workers face a lonely fate amid Covid pandemic | NBC News | May 2 |
Australian researchers uncover clue to rare and severe response to Covid in children | The Guardian | May 2 |
Most Americans have now had Covid-19 — but experts are predicting the next surge | CNN | May 2 |
Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 evade protection from earlier omicron infection | Ars Technica | May 2 |
A major threat to the next pandemic: Vaccine hesitancy | NBC News | May 2 |
Climate change could introduce humans to thousands of new viruses | Popular Science | May 2 |
Airbnb Is Ending Its COVID-19-era Cancellation Policy — What to Know | Travel + Leisure | May 2 |
Mystery liver disease kills three more children after “unexpected significant increase” in cases reported | CBS News | May 3 |
We still don’t know what’s behind the global hepatitis outbreak in kids | Popular Science | May 3 |
Nose Spray Vaccines Could Quash COVID Virus Variants | Scientific American | May 3 |
Measles ‘epidemic’ warning amid concerns over a fall in vaccinations as cases spike | The Independent | May 3 |
Omicron subvariants: New, fitter Covid-19 viruses begin to drive their own waves | CNN | May 3 |
COVID worsens asthma in children; booster after infection not as beneficial vs Omicron | Reuters | May 3 |
Covid hospitalization may affect thinking similar to 20 years of ageing | The Guardian | May 3 |
Omicron subvariants: What they mean for reinfection risk | NBC News | May 3 |
Setback for Shanghai’s COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing | Reuters | May 3 |
Beijing city bans in-restaurant dining as China’s Covid controls tighten | CNBC | May 3 |
Central Chinese city of Zhengzhou imposes new COVID movement curbs for May 4-10 | Reuters | May 3 |
With usual suspects ruled out, disease detectives try to crack mystery of viral hepatitis cases in kids | STAT | May 4 |
Mysterious Childhood Hepatitis Now Found In At Least 20 Countries, WHO Reports | IFLScience | May 4 |
Carnival Cruise Ship Passengers Say COVID Overwhelmed Ship After Departing From Miami | NBC News | May 4 |
The US is closely watching this Covid surge for clues | CNN | May 4 |
America Is Starting to See What COVID Immunity Really Looks Like | The Atlantic | May 4 |
Hepatitis detected in nearly 300 children worldwide | BBC News | May 4 |
COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths forecast to rise in the US for first time in months | ABC News | May 4 |
Bird flu forces chickens into lockdown amid historic outbreak | CBS News | May 4 |
‘Better Than Omicron’ Is Still Pretty Bad | The Atlantic | May 5 |
Doctors investigating why some report rebound in COVID-19 symptoms after Paxlovid | ABC News | May 5 |
Covid: World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO | BBC News | May 5 |
What COVID might look like in the U.S. once we reach the endemic phase | NPR | May 5 |
Are nasal sprays the answer to stopping Covid transmission? | The Guardian | May 5 |
‘How did we catch it?’: spread of COVID baffles locked-down Shanghai residents | Reuters | May 5 |
Evidence mounts for need to study Pfizer’s Paxlovid for long COVID – researchers say | Reuters | May 5 |
FDA puts strict limits on Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine | CNN | May 5 |
Why This ‘Very, Very Contagious’ Coronavirus Subvariant Is Causing Cases To Rise Again | Huff Post | May 5 |
Covid-19 American Death Toll: A Million Dead, We Learned Nothing | Rolling Stone | May 5 |
Omicron as severe as other COVID variants -large U.S. study | Reuters | May 5 |
Pandemic killed 15M people in first 2 years, WHO excess death study finds | Ars Technica | May 5 |
Taiwan Is Abandoning Its Zero-COVID Strategy | Time | May 5 |
Xi Jinping sends warning to anyone who questions China’s zero-Covid policy | CNN | May 6 |
Shanghai says China’s worst COVID outbreak under “effective control” | Reuters | May 6 |
CDC investigating 109 unusual hepatitis cases in kids in outbreak | STAT | May 6 |
COVID-19’s hidden, heartbreaking toll: millions of orphaned children | National Geographic | May 6 |
Millions of people suffer from long COVID. Why is there still no treatment? | SF Chronicle | May 7 |
Potential Covid surge in fall and winter could lead to 100m infections, officials warn | The Guardian | May 7 |
Nasal vaccines may be the next generation of protection against COVID | USA Today | May 8 |
What will COVID-19 look like this summer? Health experts say the virus won’t be endemic, yet. | USA Today | May 9 |
New Omicron Subvariant B.A.2.12.1 Spreading Rapidly in the U.S. | People | May 9 |
Why 100 million Americans could be infected during COVID surge this fall | ABC News | May 9 |
The Common Places BA.2 And Other Omicron Subvariants Are Spreading | Huff Post | May 9 |
U.S. will limit Covid vaccines to high-risk people this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more funding | CNBC | May 9 |
Affordable Covid drugs kept out of reach by sluggish WTO | The Guardian | May 9 |
Opinion | One million died of covid-19. It didn’t have to happen — and it must not again. | The Washington Post | May 9 |
Hospital admission totals tick up after weeks of rising COVID-19 cases | ABC News | May 9 |
Targets for Infection: How SARS-CoV-2 Damages the Kidneys | Forbes | May 9 |
‘No end in sight’: Shanghai residents chafe at harsh Covid measures | The Guardian | May 9 |
Covid-19 Cases Rise in Parts of U.S. With High Vaccination Rates – | Wall Street Journal | May 9 |
New Zealand, once Covid-free, tops 1 million cases since pandemic began | The Guardian | May 9 |
Why Covid-19 vaccine boosters may be more important than ever | CNN | May 10 |
Ticks Are Spreading in the US—and Taking New Diseases With Them | WIRED | May 10 |
Alcohol deaths increase dramatically during pandemic, especially for younger adults: Research | ABC News | May 10 |
Shanghai disinfects coronavirus-infected people’s homes amid China’s ‘zero-COVID’ strategy | Fox News | May 10 |
Severe Covid-19 can dramatically age your brain — study | Inverse | May 10 |
Breakthrough deaths comprise increasing proportion of those who died from COVID-19 | ABC News | May 10 |
New tech could help clean indoor air to lower risk of COVID-19 | CBS News | May 10 |
U.S. gun-related homicide rate jumped nearly 35% in 2020 | NPR | May 10 |
Experts: How to know if you have long Covid — and what to do about it | CNBC | May 10 |
In 2021, US drug overdose deaths hit highest level on record, CDC data shows | CNN Health | May 11 |
Doctors say pandemic side effects are becoming serious health problems | CNBC | May 11 |
Shanghai moves to impose tightest restrictions yet | BBC News | May 11 |
Covid booster rollout needs a reboot to save older Americans, experts say | NBC News | May 11 |
Growing share of Covid-19 deaths are among vaccinated people, but booster shots substantially lower the risk | CNN | May 11 |
Most COVID transmission is still asymptomatic | ABC News | May 11 |
I’m Still Masking Because I Care About the Most Vulnerable | Time | May 11 |
U.S. COVID cases jump more than 50% over last two weeks | CBS News | May 11 |
‘Completely devastating’: US passes 1m overdose deaths since records began | The Guardian | May 11 |
Untapped Global Vaccine Stash Raises Risks of New Covid Variants | Bloomberg | May 11 |
More than half of early Covid-19 patients at one hospital had symptoms two years later, study finds | CNN Health | May 11 |
COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths expected to keep climbing in the US amid resurgence | ABC News | May 11 |
North Korea Hasn’t Administered Any COVID Vaccines. It Just Reported Its First Outbreak. | Vice | May 11 |
Why You May Want To Mix And Match Your COVID-19 Booster, According To Doctors | Slash Gear | May 11 |
This Year’s Weird Flu Season Just Got Even Weirder | Gizmodo | May 11 |
Short-term use of ibuprofen may increase chance of chronic pain, study suggests | The Guardian | May 11 |
‘Unthinkable tragedy’: U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpasses 1 million | ABC News | May 12 |
N.Korea reports first COVID outbreak, orders lockdown in “gravest emergency” | Reuters | May 12 |
Deaths from COVID begin to rise again | Axios | May 12 |
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The US is running a fever. Which way will it go? | CNN | May 12 |
United States passes one million Covid deaths | BBC News | May 12 |
Experts Predict If And When COVID Will Become A Seasonal Illness | Huff Post | May 12 |
North Korea ‘Sending Out SOS’ as It Admits Unnamed Disease Has Spread to 350,000 People | Vice | May 12 |
Covid: NIH licenses key Covid vaccine technology to WHO so other countries can develop shots | CNBC | May 12 |
Covid cases are surging again. Why hospitalizations may not | NBC News | May 12 |
Biden orders flags to half-staff as US records 1 million COVID deaths | ABC News | May 12 |
Chris Hayes on taking Paxlovid and what he learned from his Covid experience | MSNBC | May 12 |
Explainer: How North Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis | Reuters | May 13 |
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Hit New Record in 2021 with 108,000 Lives Lost | People | May 13 |
White House prepares to ration vaccines as Covid funding impasse looms | POLITICO | May 13 |
The Plot to Keep Meatpacking Plants Open During COVID-19 | ProPublica | May 13 |
North Korea: Covid outbreak a great disaster, says Kim Jong-un | BBC News | May 14 |
The U.S. is in a fifth COVID wave, and for many, immunity is waning. Why aren’t second boosters available to all Americans? | Fortune | May 14 |
US has hit 1 million COVID deaths, but the number is likely higher | ABC News | May 14 |
In a haze of disinfectant, China struggles with invisible enemy | France 24 | May 14 |
Shanghai aims to reopen more businesses shut by COVID, Beijing battles on | Reuters | May 15 |
Detroit Three automakers reinstate mask mandate at some Michigan facilities | Reuters | May 15 |
North Korea’s Kim orders military to stabilise supply of COVID drugs | Reuters | May 15 |
North Korea reports more deaths, says taking ‘swift measures’ against COVID outbreak | Reuters | May 15 |
What made America’s Covid death toll even worse: the gnawing pain of human separation | The Guardian | May 15 |
How North Korea Went from ‘Zero COVID’ to 1.2 Million Cases in 72 Hours | Vice | May 16 |
Northshore Labs Tested Across Nevada. Its COVID Tests Didn’t Work. | ProPublica | May 16 |
North Korea: More than a million Covid cases feared | BBC News | May 16 |
CDC updates guidance to endorse Covid-19 testing for all domestic travelers | CNN Travel | May 16 |
North Korea COVID Crisis: Another 270,000 ‘Fever’ Cases, 5 Deaths | Business Insider | May 17 |
Future COVID variants will likely reinfect us multiple times a year, experts say — unless we invest in new vaccines | Yahoo News | May 17 |
Pakistan hit by deadly cholera outbreak as heat wave grips South Asia | CNN | May 17 |
North Korea on brink of Covid-19 catastrophe, say experts | The Guardian | May 17 |
Free COVID tests USPS: How to get a kit mailed to your home | Fast Company | May 17 |
Covid is ‘explosively’ spreading through North Korea. What does this mean for Kim Jong Un? | NBC News | May 18 |
COVID is rising in the Americas, virus ‘not going away anytime soon’ -PAHO | Reuters | May 18 |
2 years into COVID-19, some remain in complete isolation | ABC News | May 18 |
U.S. to study whether longer Paxlovid course needed to combat reinfections | Reuters | May 18 |
Shanghai Wants Pandemic Workers to Stop Obsessively Disinfecting Everything | Vice | May 18 |
A million have died of Covid-19 in America. How did this happen? | The Guardian | May 18 |
As COVID cases rise, U.S. health officials mull widening additional booster eligibility | Reuters | May 18 |
New York made 11M bottles of hand sanitizer. Now it has 700,000 gallons it can’t get rid of. | POLITICO | May 18 |
A third of people in US should consider masks based on their Covid-19 risk, CDC director says | CNN | May 18 |
Monkeypox case confirmed in Massachusetts, CDC monitoring | The Washington Post | May 18 |
Latest Covid-19 Wave Expands to More of U.S. | Wall Street Journal | May 18 |
Monkeypox virus outbreak 2022: What is it? What are the symptoms? | USA Today | May 18 |
Monkeypox case identified in Massachusetts as outbreak grows in Europe | NBC News | May 18 |
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections | STAT | May 18 |
Monkeypox: What to know about the virus detected in the United States | The Washington Post | May 18 |
Investigation into mysterious pediatric hepatitis cases in the US expands | ABC News | May 18 |
World in no better place to fight pandemics than before COVID – review | Reuters | May 18 |
First monkeypox case in U.S. this year identified; 6 people in U.S. quarantined for potential exposure, CDC says | Fortune | May 18 |
Children 5 to 11 can now get COVID boosters | Popular Science | May 18 |
COVID cases rise in almost every state | Axios | May 19 |
Republican-leaning areas continue to face more COVID deaths | NPR | May 19 |
Long COVID symptoms can ease with vaccination after infection, new study says | Fortune | May 19 |
CDC signs off on Pfizer Covid booster for kids 5-11 | NBC News | May 19 |
This Rural, Red Southern County Was a Vaccine Success Story. Not Anymore. | Kaiser Health News | May 19 |
What is the monkeypox virus and how concerned should you be? | Fast Company | May 19 |
Officials expected to decide on new COVID-19 vaccine design in early July | ABC News | May 20 |
Locked-down Shanghai finds new cases, breaking “zero COVID” streak | Reuters | May 20 |
North Korea’s Dr Fauci? Health official emerges as face of COVID campaign | Reuters | May 20 |
The search for longer-lasting Covid-19 vaccines | CNN | May 20 |
CDC urges 2nd booster for older, high-risk Americans amid nation’s latest COVID-19 surge | ABC News | May 20 |
Mysterious Hepatitis Outbreak in Children Spurs Global Race for Answers | Wall Street Journal | May 20 |
This monkeypox tracker shows where new cases are suspected and confirmed around the world | Fast Company | May 20 |
Monkeypox Rash Pictures: What It Looks Like, How It Progresses | Insider | May 20 |
As monkeypox outbreak swells, experts offer guesses as to why Europe has seen unprecedented spread | NBC News | May 20 |
Shanghai district to require all shops to shut, residents to stay home | Reuters | May 21 |
Shanghai makes way towards COVID lockdown exit, Beijing plays defense | Reuters | May 21 |
Monkeypox: 80 cases confirmed in 12 countries | BBC News | May 21 |
Health officials warn of surge in Covid cases | MSNBC | May 21 |
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? | BBC News | May 21 |
6th child dies from hepatitis outbreak in 36 states; CDC seeks answers | USA Today | May 22 |
This Tick Can Make You Allergic to Meat, and It’s Spreading | Scientific American | May 23 |
One Overlooked Consequence of Global Warming: Insomnia | Mother Jones | May 23 |
Pfizer 3-dose COVID vaccine 80% effective against symptomatic omicron infection for youngest children | ABC News | May 23 |
How monkeypox spreads and why current cases are something “we’ve never seen” | CBS News | May 23 |
Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Ever End? | The New Yorker | May 23 |
Hepatitis cases rising among children globally but cause remains a mystery | The Guardian | May 23 |
High-risk monkeypox contacts advised to isolate | BBC News | May 23 |
U.S. Task Force to consider routine kidney disease screening as new drugs available | Reuters | May 23 |
Melting permafrost could expose millions to invisible cancer-causing gas | Inverse | May 23 |
European health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic there | STAT | May 23 |
Avoid This Beautiful White Flower At All Costs | Apartment Therapy | May 23 |
Here’s what we know about monkeypox transmission so far | Popular Science | May 23 |
Pfizer says 3-dose COVID vaccine for under 5s produces strong immune response | Ars Technica | May 23 |
Expect to lose up to 58 hours of sleep a year by 2099. Here’s why | CNN Health | May 24 |
Monkeypox spread likely “amplified” by sex at 2 raves in Europe, leading WHO adviser says | CBS News | May 24 |
Reports of ‘Paxlovid rebound’ have Covid experts looking for theories | STAT | May 24 |
The health care workforce shortage problem | Axios | May 24 |
Taiwan kept COVID below 15,000 cases for all 2021. Now it has 80,000 a day, testing its ‘new model’ | Reuters | May 24 |
The Mystery of Monkeypox’s Global Spread | WIRED | May 24 |
Sweden recommends 5th shot for people at risk of severe COVID-19 | Axios | May 24 |
CDC travel health notice issued: Monkeypox found in 16 countries | USA Today | May 24 |
What the public wants in COVID news vs. what the press provides | Ars Technica | May 24 |
Nation’s latest COVID-19 wave largely hidden from view, health experts say | ABC News | May 25 |
Tightening COVID net, Beijing issues punishments and stark warnings | Reuters | May 25 |
We’re finally learning more about long Covid | CNN | May 25 |
Viruses on hiatus during Covid are back — and behaving in unusual ways | STAT | May 25 |
CDC monkeypox warning urges ‘enhanced precautions’ for travel | The Washington Post | May 25 |
Sliding to mild? Nope—omicron BA.2 caused worse COVID symptoms than BA.1 | Ars Technica | May 25 |
Pfizer warns of “constant waves” of COVID as complacency grows | Ars Technica | May 25 |
1 in 5 adult COVID survivors experience long COVID symptoms, CDC says | Fortune | May 25 |
Two Utah kids may be part of mysterious global hepatitis outbreak | Deseret News | May 25 |
Bacteria with antibiotic resistant genes discovered in Antarctica, scientists say | Reuters | May 25 |
Scientists, Mystified by Monkeypox Outbreak, Are Sequencing Genes to Learn About Origin | Wall Street Journal | May 25 |
Owners Warned Not To Share A Bed With Dogs Due To ‘Untreatable Superbug’ | iHeartRadio | May 25 |
More than 1 in 5 COVID survivors may develop long COVID, CDC study suggests | Ars Technica | May 25 |
North Korea mobilizes posters, military in fight against COVID | Reuters | May 26 |
Vaccines only slightly lower risk of long COVID effects | Popular Science | May 26 |
Monkeypox is spreading in the US. Officials urge awareness not fear. | USA Today | May 26 |
Abbott developing test for monkeypox | Reuters | May 26 |
COVID “hidden wave”: Case data less reliable as more people turn to home tests | Axios | May 26 |
Spain’s monkeypox case tally rises to 84, Health Ministry says | Reuters | May 26 |
Monkeypox cases are rising—here’s what we know so far | National Geographic | May 26 |
Monkeypox Cases Go Global | MSNBC | May 26 |
WHO asks countries to increase surveillance for Monkeypox | Reuters | May 26 |
COVID rates may be much higher than reported. How bad is the current surge? | NPR | May 27 |
How to protect yourself against monkeypox, what to do if you catch it | CNBC | May 27 |
COVID-19 booster schedule is needed now, patient safety group says | USA Today | May 27 |
How bad could the monkeypox outbreak get? | Vox | May 27 |
Monkeypox: what is it and how worried should we be? – video explainer | The Guardian | May 27 |
COVID rates may be much higher than reported. How bad is the current surge? | NPR | May 27 |
COVID was vanishing last Memorial Day. Cases are five times higher now. | The Washington Post | May 28 |
Shanghai edges towards COVID reopening as Beijing plans to ease curbs | Reuters | May 28 |
Kids get Long COVID, too. Experts are racing to understand it | Fortune | May 28 |
What restrictions were in place the last time COVID cases were so high | ABC News | May 29 |
COVID vaccine kids under 5: What to know about Pfizer, Moderna doses | USA Today | May 29 |
Shanghai eases return to work, moves to support economy | Reuters | May 29 |
Coronavirus Cases Are Being Undercounted. What Should You Do? | The Atlantic | May 29 |
As the pandemic ebbs, long-haul Covid still drains patients and confounds doctors | The Guardian | May 29 |
Shanghai’s full Covid lockdown ends after two months | The Guardian | May 31 |
Covid-19 Can Leave You Infectious After Five or Even 10 Days | Wall Street Journal | May 31 |
Coronavirus can be contagious during a Paxlovid rebound, researchers warn, even if people don’t have symptoms | CNN | May 31 |
The 5 types of long COVID, according to one expert | Fortune | May 31 |
Experts warn of continued monkeypox spread as hundreds of cases found worldwide | Ars Technica | May 31 |
Three jabs best for preventing Covid infections, global analysis finds | The Guardian | May 31 |
After two months, a scarred Shanghai’s COVID-19 lockdown ends | Reuters | May 31 |
Cuba lifts mask mandate as vaccination rate soars and deaths plummet | Reuters | May 31 |