Will BA.2.86 (‘Pirola’), the New Coronavirus Variant, Increase COVID-19 Cases?


BY CARRIE MACMILLAN AUGUST 31, 2023 A new coronavirus variant is raising alarm, but much about it remains unknown Note: Information in this article was accurate at the time of original publication.…[...]

Scientists Fear New COVID Strains Are Deadly—Just Like 2020 Wave


Authors: David Axe Fri, October 28, 2022 The new COVID-19 subvariants that are becoming dominant all over the world aren’t just more contagious than previous variants and subvariants—they might cause more severe…[...]

“One Step Closer To Dictatorship”: Joe Rogan Slams Vaccine Passports, Warns Vax May Cause ‘Virulent Mutations’


Rogan - who acknowledge thathe's not a doctor or an anti-vaxx person, says that concerned doctors have been anonymously sending him studies - including one which asserts that an imperfect vaccine can lead to…[...]

I treat pediatric COVID patients. What I’m seeing in our hospital scares me.


There is this popular notion that covid doesn't affect children - and my public health and epidemiologic training reminds me that on a population-level, it's true, the majority of children…[...]