Public Health

COVID-19 breakthrough infections much milder in these people

Scientists from Pusan National University Hospital found COVID-19 breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated people tend to be milder than those of partially vaccinated or...

Can we avert the next mass shooting? Yes, and here’s how

This week’s tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas, marked the 213th mass shooting and the 27th school shooting thus far this year. That’s just seven fewer...

How concerned should you be about monkeypox?

Monkeypox, a virus that causes pus-filled blisters, has been detected in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and some European nations. Aubree Gordon,...

Yale finds possible root cause of severe COVID-19

Scientists from Yale University found more information about how the body’s immune system fights the virus that causes COVID-19. The research is published in Nature Communications and...

High cost of cancer care in the U.S. doesn’t reduce death risk

Scientists from Yale University and Vassar College found that while the U.S. spends twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country,...

1 in 8 people with severe COVID-19 get heart inflammation

Scientists from the University of Glasgow found one in eight people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 were later diagnosed with myocarditis or heart inflammation. They...

These people can get strong benefits from COVID-19 Delta breakthrough infection

Scientists from King’s College London found a delta breakthrough infection generates a potent and broad neutralizing antibody response in double vaccinated people. In the study, they...

What you need to know about monkeypox

Monkeypox burst into the headlines this month after cases were diagnosed in Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. In an interview, Anne Rimoin, the Gordon-Levin...

Booster shot can provide better protection than original COVID-19 vaccines

Scientists from Northwestern University found that COVID-19 booster shots trigger much stronger and longer protection than full vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer...

Scientists find the cause of US delta variant surge

When the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 hit the United States in summer 2021, it led to a larger-than-expected surge in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Scientists...