Covid is no longer mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Here’s why.

Fifty-eight percent of coronavirus deaths in August were people who were vaccinated or boosted, according to an analysis conducted for The Washington Post’s Health 202 newsletter, by Cynthia Cox, vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Fear of quarantine camps, not covid, is shutting Beijing down

There are serious ramifications to being exposed to the coronavirus in China - and not just infection. As the country confronts its biggest outbreak ever, residents in major cities are hunkering down because of the prospect of being sent to a quarantine camp or locked down at home.

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With record covid cases, China scrambles to plug an immunity gap

China’s intensifying efforts to boost vaccination rates and expand hospital capacity stop short of approving foreign vaccines.

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Trudeau to defend invoking emergency powers against trucker protests

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s testimony will close the six-week inquiry in Ottawa, where life was upended in late January when big rigs and other vehicles rolled in to blockade roads to protest coronavirus pandemic health measures and Trudeau’s government.

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California’s ‘tripledemic’ of viruses is on the rise. Here’s how to care for a sick loved one

Trying to avert a heavy surge in respiratory illnesses, California’s leading public health officials once again stressed on Tuesday that state residents should do all they can to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, as they gather for the holidays.

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