MORGANTOWN – Hindsight, they say, is 20/20. Choices are made in the moment based on the circumstances at hand. Time tells you whether those choices were ultimately right or wrong. […]
Tag: covid
COVID’s summer wave
When we talk about catching waves over the summer, this is not the kind of wave we mean. Because as summer winds down, it’s not ocean waves many of us […]
Biden has COVID and the summer surge is here
by Lisa Jarvis Recently, the White House announced that President Joe Biden had tested positive for COVID, making him the most prominent example of this summer’s mini-surge. Each summer, COVID […]
We never dealt with the trauma of 2020. Now it’s created an even bigger crisis
by Mary McNamara As I write this, it is Monday and I am sick, one of our toilets is clogged, and my husband is off to the vet with our […]
Promising findings in the quest for treating people with long COVID
by Lisa Jarvis A new study published last week in Science makes a compelling case that people with long COVID have a chronic imbalance in their immune response. The findings […]
Mountain Line ridership on the rise, but still well below pre-COVID totals
Mountain Line General Manager Maria Smith said public transit numbers are rebounding nationally post-COVID, but the comeback is going to take some time. For the five years prior to COVID […]
Why are we still playing make-believe?
by Eric J. Topol The pandemic is far from over, as evidenced by the rapid rise to global dominance of the JN.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2. This variant is a derivative […]
Proof teachers make a difference
Early this month, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development released the results of its triennial, global standardized test for 15-year-olds. More than half of the 81 participating countries saw […]
The importance of vaccinations
It’s late fall and all the seasonal illnesses are making their rounds: colds, flu, COVID, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and other respiratory viruses and infections. Unfortunately, modern medicine doesn’t have […]
Tired of COVID? Fine. But don’t shame the mask
by Nedra Rhone A few days before attending a small gathering of friends, I came down with cold, allergy, flu or possibly COVID-19 symptoms. It was at the beginning of […]
