Health officials struggle to understand a court ruling the state AG refuses to appeal.
COVID outbreak on cruise ship in New Orleans may be due to omicron
Some disembarked passengers said they were never told about the outbreak.
US preps vaccine contingencies amid panic over poorly understood omicron
Vaccines offer “at least some protection” against omicron, Biden believes.
Why Omicron quickly became a variant of concern
The WHO lets Omicron skip over variant of interest, go straight to concern.
Pandemic skyrockets in Europe; COVID is the No. 1 cause of death
“There is a duty to society to get vaccinated.”
Americans seek independence from materialism, society, and their spouses
Where Americans find meaning in life has changed over the past four years “The U.S. stands out as one of only three publics surveyed in 2021 where mentions of society significantly coincide with greater negativity. The other two are Italy and Spain, bu…
Apple has a new work-from-home policy, but it’s still not what employees want
Employees will have to work from the office most days by spring.
Doctors are fighting back against fringe doctors pushing COVID misinformation
Misinformation from doctors is “unethical, unprofessional and dangerous.”
Pfizer says its antiviral pill can cut 89% of COVID hospitalizations and deaths
The oral COVID-19 drug is the second to produce promising trial results.
How good are face masks, really?
Massive Random-Controlled Trial of Face-Mask Protection against COVID-19 “Critics of mask mandates have cited the lack of relevant randomized clinical trials, which assign participants at random to either a control group or an intervention group. But t…