Kinsa was founded on a simple premise: if we know when and where illness will surge, we can take action to reduce transmission and ultimately save lives. What could we do if we had days or even weeks advance notice of a surge in illness? We could send in test…

More than two years into the pandemic, the path forward is as confusing as ever. Are we nearing the end? Is it becoming endemic? Are there going to be frequent surges — and do they matter? One thing seems certain: when it comes to gauging risk and taking precautions, responsibility…

Wisely or not — from both a legal and public health standpoint — a federal judge last week invalidated the CDC’s mask mandate on public transportation, essentially accelerating our “return to normalcy.” …

Just shy of a year ago, I wrote about my relief that the U.S. was finally investing in public health infrastructure by passing the American Rescue Plan into law. …

With states around the country lifting mask mandates, it is starting to seem like life is inching closer to “normal.” With the Omicron wave receding, more and more leaders are taking steps to transition from attempting to stop the virus in its tracks to learning to live with it. But…

The Omicron case count graphs now resemble a vertical wall rather than the curves we’ve been seeing — and trying to flatten — for the past two years. The question we’ve all been asking: when will it finally peak? Answering that question isn’t as straightforward as it used to be…

A warning hit the airwaves over the Thanksgiving holiday: yet another COVID-19 variant, dubbed Omicron, has been discovered — possibly more contagious than Delta — and Americans should take steps to protect themselves from another COVID surge before the holidays. …

Last week, the WHO approved a malaria vaccine, a historic accomplishment in the fight against a disease that kills about 500,000 people each year, with about half of them children in Africa. It’s a remarkable achievement that will save untold lives. …

Kindness may be our most powerful and underutilized tool in this pandemic — soon to be “multidemic.” I recently had the opportunity to have multiple conversations with people who did not want to get vaccinated. I know the science. But my endgame was not to teach them science. My endgame…