Voting Laws Roundup: February 2022
As the 2022 state legislative sessions begin, lawmakers have already introduced more new restrictive voting legislation than at this time last year. They have also continued to introduce bills designed…
COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among Children Under 5 Have Peaked and Are Decreasing Just Weeks Into Their Eligibility
Children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age finally became eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S. on June 18, after the Director of the Centers…
‘Left to rot’: The lonely plight of long Covid sufferers
Some studies suggest long Covid could affect as much as 30 percent of people who are infected. Thousands of long Covid patients across the globe are urging their governments to…
Why plague doctors wore those strange beaked masks
In the 17th century, people believed these outfits could purify poisonous air. They were wrong. The plague was once the most feared disease in the world, capable of wiping out hundreds of…
In 1500s Europe, masks were fashionable—and scandalous
Fingers started wagging when 16th-century European women began wearing masks to protect their skin and hide their identities. Masks have been used by many of the world’s cultures, from Asia…
Bacterial and fungal isolation from face masks under the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has led people to wear face masks daily in public. Although the effectiveness of face masks against viral transmission has been extensively studied, there have been…
How to Live With Covid When You Are Tired of Living With Covid
The BA.5 surge is a reminder that we need to take precautions to avoid illness, slow the relentless cycle of new variants and minimize the disruption to our daily lives.…
Multiple Sclerosis Disease Activity in Patients Not Exacerbated by COVID-19
Multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity likely did not increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings of a retrospective study published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can…
Faced With COVID, A Desperate Man’s Sobriety, Survival Fell to His Mother When Rehab Center Evicted Him
Lisa Scruggs figures she’s been to every drug house in Oklahoma City. She was used to finding her son in desperate shape. But on a 100-degree July day in 2020,…