contagious disease

At this point in the pandemic, all eyes are on the triple “Vs”: The virus, the vaccines, and the variants. As we cross the demarcation of 400,000 Covid deaths and deal with the mismanagement of the vaccine roll-out, we now need to keep a close eye on the multiple variants…

By now you’d have to be living under a rock not to be aware of the less-than-successful rollout of the several available new COVID vaccines. While there were predictions that up to 20 million people would be vaccinated by the end of 2020, that expectation turned out to be wildly…

Back in June 2020, we reported on the debate as to whether Vitamin D was a valuable tool in the fight against COVID. Now, this many months into the pandemic, the debate rages on, with some additional research and analysis suggesting there may be a role for Vitamin D in…

So you’ve thrown away your 2020 calendar and are staring at the blank slate for 2021 and wondering, when will life return to some level of normalcy? When will I be able to go to a movie, or dine inside a restaurant or hug loved ones, all without fear of…

First things first: All available expert advice suggests you stay home this holiday season and celebrate only with those in your own home. We know that travel itself increases the risk of transmission and that coming into close physical contact with those you don’t normally spend time with will increase…

So it looks like we’re at the beginning of the end…or, are we at the end of the beginning? There’s no doubt that the arrival of safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19 is an unprecedented scientific breakthrough that will potentially save an untold number of lives and prevent serious illness…