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Your Negative COVID Test Is Basically Meaningless

In early May, 27-year-old Hayley Furmaniuk felt tired and a bit congested, but after rapid-testing negative for the coronavirus two days in a row, she dined...

Are COVID Vaccines Still Blocking Severe Disease?

Health2 years ago

Are COVID Vaccines Still Blocking Severe Disease?

For the past year and a half, since the COVID-19 vaccines first became available—even as last summer’s reprieve gave way to Delta’s surge, then Omicron’s; even...

Will Fall’s Omicron Vaccines Come Too Late?

Health3 years ago

Will Fall’s Omicron Vaccines Come Too Late?

Up here in the Northern Hemisphere, the spring weather’s just barely warming, but regulators in the United States are already wringing their hands over a tricksy...