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Advanced training strengthens disease surveillance in ChadAn intensive training program led by Yale School of Public Health epidemiologists is helping to strengthen disease surveillance in Chad where there has been a

Nebraska nightmare: New tick biting us, making us allergic to ... red meat. - Flatwater Free PressA roast beef sandwich sent Katie Voelker to the hospital in June 2022. Six hours after dinner, she woke in the middle of the night with hives, an

Climate change already impacting Nebraskans' healthFrom flooding to drought to infectious diseases, the adverse health effects of climate change already are evident in Nebraska, experts say. And they warn that 'those changes will only get

The Vanishing Variants: Lessons from Gamma, Iota and MuStudying the coronavirus variants that have faded away could help us prepare for what comes next, scientists say.

We’re running out of money to track Covid variants. An expert explains why that would be very bad."There are times when you ask yourself, 'Have we learned nothing here?'"

Omicron Is a Dress Rehearsal for the Next PandemicAmerica’s response to the variant highlights both how much progress we have made over the past two years — and how much work remains.

Did Border Closures Help Curb Coronavirus Spread?A new study questions the effectiveness of international border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some Health Experts Surprised by CDC Isolation Change Given Omicron UnknownsThey are asking why the recommendation doesn’t come with a testing requirement, among other questions.

Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner?Genomic surveillance has improved enormously in recent months, but the system has built-in delays, and blind spots remain.

How is the US actually doing on tracking variants like Omicron? We asked some experts.And built some charts.

How the once-feared mu variant all but disappearedThe vaccine-resistant variant turned heads when it was discovered. It hasn't been detected anywhere for two weeks

One year after the bubble, the NBA’s COVID-19 response is helping the world understand the pandemicA new study of COVID-19 transmission using data from the NBA shows that the league’s grand “experiment” in epidemiology that allowed it to successfully complete…

Scientists Needed Help Against Covid-19. They Asked Sports.The NBA and NFL generated rich data throughout the pandemic—and changed the way researchers thought about the coronavirus.

Decoding an Outbreak: How Covid-19 Ripped through the Baltimore RavensThe NFL is using genomic sequencing to map out how coronavirus is spreading through its teams.

America is ignoring the coronavirus variants at its own perilA tale of "two epidemics."

Covid-19 Arrived in Seattle. Where It Went From There Stunned the Scientists. (Published 2020)Scientists traced the virus brought to the Seattle area in January. They were astonished to learn that the same branch of the virus traveled on through at least a dozen states and to other parts of the world.

Grateful Dad Asks How His Work with COVID-19 Could Help His Daughter's TeachersDr. Joseph Fauver had a decent understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic when he and his partner decided to keep their infant daughter enrolled at the Building Blocks Early Learning Center in Hamden, CT. Now, nearly a year into the COVID-19 crisis, he has found another way for his work studying COVID-19 mutations to serve the greater good.

Nebraska-born scientist names virus in memory of wheelchair-bound dog“You got the impression she was a dog that never really had a family and she was just thankful she had a family to be with, which made us love

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