Pandemic Lessons: What happens after Omicron?

Vaccination levels vary vastly by country and continent. Access to vaccinations is one reason for that. But dangerous fiction masquerading as …

The craziness continues inside grocery stores. Products run out quickly. Hours are shorter. Walking by people can involve an awkward toe-tappi…

Western New York’s Covid-19 case count, which shot above 3,500 in mid-January, has plunged below 800. Hospitalizations are falling, too. Is it…

We are close to the end of the Omicron variant’s surge through New York. That storm of December and January has become a drizzle now. But be s…

Towns, villages and cities are distributing their share of the 40,000 Covid-19 at-home antigen test kits that they received from the county. 

A total of 161 Erie County deaths last month were attributed to Covid-19, according to the county Health Department. That is the highest numbe…

In this Pandemic Lessons, we dig into what it’ll take to keep adolescents attending school and activities. By extension, we also examine what …

Our pandemic lives are marked by masks and restrictions, positive test percentages and hospitalization data. And now by Delta and Omicron, wor…

The answer depends on your own health status, where – and with whom – you spend your days, and who else is going. It becomes even trickier whe…

If you start with the basics, and look at the history of the medical field, then yes, masking is an effective way to slow spread.

In this installment of Pandemic Lessons, we tap the expertise of infectious disease physicians to find out how to do mask breaks well – until …

Kids ages 5 to 11 can now receive Pfizer shots. In this Pandemic Lessons, we explore the safety and implications of those vaccinations.

The pandemic has transformed our way of thinking about health year-round, but especially in the late fall and winter.