Betsy Ladyzhets

This summer’s COVID-19 surge continues to wane slowly. Disease levels are still very high and may even be increasing in some regions across the U.S. The start of school and onset of colder weather are driving new outbreaks, while vaccination is unlikely to make a dent in transmission due to failures of access and communication.

Our COVID-19 picture in the U.S. remains mixed — though still at very high levels. Disease spread on the West Coast is finally in a clear downturn, putting an end to the region’s long and intense summer surge in sight, but infections are still increasing in other regions. And new vaccines are out (including Novavax),…

Has this summer’s COVID-19 surge peaked yet? My answer this week is maybe, but it depends on where you live: disease levels appear to be declining or steady in some regions, while still going up in others. Updated vaccines are now available, but months too late and too difficult to access to make a significant…

Covid-19 continues to spread at stubbornly high levels across the U.S., as the summer surge shows few signs of slowing. Some epidemiologists and public health experts have expressed surprise at the height and length of this summer’s wave; of course, to anyone still taking precautions, it’s not shocking that the disease would spread unabated without…

Covid-19 continues spreading wildly across the U.S., as our summer surge shows few signs of slowing. For some parts of the country, SARS-CoV-2 levels have far surpassed last summer and are even at or above last winter, as variants combined with our collective lack of mitigation measures drive ongoing spread. This is certainly not time…

Our summer Covid-19 surge continues in the U.S., with wastewater surveillance and our limited testing data reporting high disease levels across the country. Reports from multiple wastewater data providers suggest that the disease is spreading at similar levels to or higher than the peak of last summer’s wave, even as mainstream media, government agencies, and…