A new study finds state-run COVID testing sites do not meet accessibility standards – meaning that some members of the public, such as individuals who are blind or visually impaired, are not able to access all of the relevant information on the sites.
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A Triangle nonprofit is working to develop an antiviral drug to prevent a repeat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic officially ends today, Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist who served on the front lines of care at Duke, reflects on all that has transpired over the past three years.
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Researchers from North Carolina State University identified and addressed a flaw in a commonly used pandemic model that can cause the model to severely underestimate disease spread. By modifying parts of an existing model, the researchers substantially improved its accuracy when compared to real world data on the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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Many workers have enjoyed the flexibility of remote working during the pandemic. In two weeks, Raleigh-based technology company Bandwidth will require employees to return to work in-person five days a week. The decision will make Bandwidth an outlier in the tech industry, and some employees are not happy about...
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“The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated a critical need to establish a pre-emptive stockpile of tangible immunobiological countermeasures to accelerate the response to potential pandemic threats,” the professors say. We have the details.
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The COVID-19 pandemic may be the deadliest viral outbreak the world has seen in more than a century. But statistically, such extreme events aren’t as rare as we may think, asserts a new analysis of novel disease outbreaks over the past 400 years.
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Vaccine performance has been “spectacular.'” Is the narrative about the pandemic changing from ongoing dread to “promising?”
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Companies expect more than half their workers back in the office by January, but some workers are wary as 90 percent say they will “take action” if the workplace is not sufficiently safe from Covid concerns.
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