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At this stage in the pandemic, there’s no point even commenting on how much COVID-19 has changed air travel—that’s a given. And how has that been going? That depends on who you ask. Read more...

Avoiding large gatherings is part of how we’ve tried to stay safe for the past few months, but protests have something in common with hospital services and (apparently) takeout margaritas: They’re essential to our well-being as a society. Read more...

Update: and we’re done! Join us at 1 p.m. Eastern for a live Q&A with Dr. Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist who is also an infection preventionist. She works in hospitals to make sure patients, visitors, and staff are protected from infection, meaning she’s an expert in how hand washing, masks, and…Read more...

While thousands of cases of COVID-19 have been documented in other countries, most parts of the US are only now seeing a few positive tests pop up here and there. But we also haven’t been testing for the coronavirus as thoroughly as other countries have. I’d bet good money that, wherever you are in the US, there are…Read more...

When a disease outbreak is ongoing, there are important things that uninfected people need to know and do, like washing hands. There are also things not to do, because they are mostly useless and actually interfere with proper care for people who need them. For most of us, face masks fall into the second category. Read more...

The World Health Organization met today and declared the coronavirus from Wuhan (2019-nCoV) a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC. Read more...

The CDC announced today that they are finally on board with the leading theory about what’s causing the vaping illness they are calling EVALI: vitamin E acetate, found mainly in THC vapes. A new technique for sampling lung fluid revealed that all of the patients tested—a convenience sample of 29 people from 10…Read more...