Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Eric Topol

America still needs more COVID treatments

The virus could evolve in a way that makes the current ones obsolete.

Axios

Why we need better COVID vaccines this fall

SAN JOSE, Calif. — New research by a team of San Francisco scientists is raising questions about the usefulness of a new omicron-specific COVID vaccine for next fall, as the virus quickly evolves and the risk of illness is likely to soar.

Tribune News Service

Why won't more seniors get boosters?

Poor messaging around booster shots has left millions at risk, researchers say

Salon

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

LA coronavirus hospitalizations start rising again; officials urge mask-wearing

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County's coronavirus-positive hospitalizations are rising again, causing health officials to urge residents to put masks back on if they have stopped doing so.

Los Angeles Times

Why won’t more older Americans get their COVID booster?

Even as top U.S. health officials say it’s time America learns to live with the coronavirus, a chorus of leading researchers say faulty messaging on booster shots has left millions of older people at serious risk.

Tribune News Service

It's not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US

The U.S. may be heading into another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline

The Independent UK

Coronavirus cases are spiking elsewhere. Will LA County be hit hard or be spared?

LOS ANGELES — After dramatic declines in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County has hit another plateau this week that comes amid the spread of the highly infectious BA.2 omicron subvariant.

Los Angeles Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Infectious omicron BA.2 now dominant in US, with coronavirus spring rise likely

LOS ANGELES — The highly infectious BA.2 omicron subvariant is now the dominant version of the coronavirus circulating in the United States, according to federal estimates, a development that is triggering fresh concerns of a potential springtime wave.

Los Angeles Times

‘We’re way behind’: next US booster rollout faces delays and lack of funds

With a potential second booster on the horizon for vulnerable groups, the White House is still struggling to drum up interest for additional shots – and funding

The Guardian - US

Proportion of omicron BA.2 cases rising rapidly. Is a surge coming or just a ripple?

LOS ANGELES — The proportion of coronavirus cases of the ascendant omicron subvariant BA.2 is rising across the U.S. and along the West Coast, new federal forecasts show.

Los Angeles Times

Omicron BA.2 subvariant now 1 in 3 US COVID cases

New data Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show omicron’s more transmissible BA.2 subvariant now accounts for more than a third of the virus circulating in the U.S. but is not yet driving a surge in cases here as it has overseas.

Tribune News Service

Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US

Scientists worry that a contagious coronavirus variant may soon push cases up in the United States just as it has in Europe and Asia

The Independent UK

California could see coronavirus uptick this spring because of omicron subvariant BA.2

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases are on the upswing worldwide, prompting some officials to warn that California could see increases this spring because of the omicron subvariant BA.2 even though cases so far have been modest.

Los Angeles Times

The Covid cloud is starting to lift – but two years on, its legacy of grief lingers

US could be turning the corner on the pandemic, but not if you are one of the many people who has lost loved ones or is suffering post-coronavirus symptoms known as long Covid

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

It’s a big mistake to think pandemic is over, despite recent good news, experts say

LOS ANGELES — So how much longer will the pandemic last?

Los Angeles Times

Omicron hit Southern California much harder than the Bay Area. Here’s why

SAN FRANCISCO — The omicron wave took a much greater toll on Southern California compared to the San Francisco Bay Area, where higher vaccination levels contributed to significantly lower death rates, according to a Los Angeles Times data analysis.

The Guardian - US

‘I have no intention of getting infected’: understanding Omicron’s severity

Experts on whether getting Covid is inevitable and why, despite claims of ‘mildness’, the variant is highly dangerous

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

13 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

San Francisco Bay Area

48 stories

San Joaquin Valley

22 stories

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.