The Coronavirus Update

COVID-19 isn’t going away, but one day may be as severe as the common cold, says epidemiologist Larry Brilliant.

Harvard epidemiologist looks back and ahead.

Findings suggest that simple lifestyle changes, such as having adequate sleep and maintaining a healthy body weight could prevent long COVID symptoms.

Scientists have designed a mathematical model that can predict COVID-19 vaccines’ effectiveness over the long term in healthy individuals and those who have cancer or suppressed immune responses.

Researchers have linked the molecular signatures underlying brain aging with the cognitive decline observed in patients with severe COVID-19.

A team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital has determined that Omicron BA.2 is weaker than both Delta and the original Omicron variant.

Harvard faculty discuss changes to views on school, work, winter’s likely surge, danger of “lethal inflexibility.”

Too soon or an artistic imperative? Fiction writers reflect on the history, power, challenges of stories in which real life is a dominant character.

Depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness measured before infection with COVID-19 were associated with up to 45 percent increased risk of developing long COVID.

MGH, Broad researchers develop Big Data tool that can predict which COVID variants will likely become dominant.

Those who experienced discrimination early in the pandemic had increased odds of moderate to severe depression and suicidal ideation, compared to those who reported no discrimination.

Reductions in surgical procedures precipitated by SARS-CoV-2 have not fully returned to their pre-pandemic levels, resulting in severe backlogs and deferred surgeries.

Traffic stats show that roadway deaths spiked during the pandemic. Can it be that we were not only distracted and frustrated, but also out of practice?

Marianna Yang, a clinical instructor at the Family and Domestic Violence Law Clinic at WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, discusses the rise of domestic violence during the pandemic.

As studies signal serious health consequences, specialists scramble to treat acute cases and reinforce limits that define moderate use.

For Harvard student Phiroze Parasnis and his family, isolated in Mumbai, time spent together made up for lost time.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor William Hanage explains how to stay on guard against subvariants, noting role of protective measures in transition to new pandemic phase.

Anastasia Onyango, her nurse mother, rising first-year sister wrestled with COVID anxieties, cabin fever, reckoning over race — and brother’s board games. 

Before COVID, a cancer diagnosis. Here’s how one Harvard student and his family grew closer even as the world seemed to come apart.

Harvard scientists give their read on recent COVID data from the U.S. and South Africa.

Coronavirus Advisory Group cites low campus rates of severe illness, hospitalizations, and a shift in pandemic phase.

Psychiatric epidemiologist warns crisis too recent for conclusive results but shares some surprising, troubling early indications.

Harvard experts say loneliness, isolation raise risk of depression, anxiety, heart ills.

Scientists conducted a simulation study that projected the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in every state.

Subvariant is rising in the region, but no sign of dramatic surge in cases that other nations have experienced.

Experts trying to unravel why patients who recover from COVID-19 find they still have brain fog as part of their long COVID experience.

Researchers have learned that nerve damage experienced by some long COVID patients may be caused by infection-triggered immune dysfunction, which is potentially treatable.

New study reveals that living through the COVID-19 pandemic may trigger brain inflammation that contributes to fatigue, concentration difficulties, and depression.

Across the U.S., prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin increased in the latter part of 2020, most significantly in counties with the highest share of people voting Republican.

Risk assessment experts offer tips for balancing pandemic risks, as government restrictions ease.