Nearly two years into the pandemic, weary politicians and governments are pushing to treat Covid-19 like any other problematic but manageable illness like the seasonal flu, but experts warn the ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As California becomes the first U.S. state to adopt an "endemic" approach to COVID-19, we take a closer look at what becoming "endemic" means and if virus levels have truly ...
WASHINGTON — The word ‘endemic’ is getting a lot of attention following a viral TV moment with Chief Medical Advisor to the President, Dr. Anthony Fauci. “We are certainly, in this county, out of the ...
For months, some American and European leaders have foretold that the coronavirus pandemic would soon become endemic. Covid-19 would resolve into a disease that we learn to live with. According to ...
Words obtain meaning not just from what they refer to, but also what they do not. We can thank the nineteenth century linguist Ferdinand de Saussure for this little observation. Sometimes words are ...
Government leaders are optimistic that COVID-19 is becoming more predictable and manageable, but the pandemic isn’t over yet. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement on May 5 that COVID-19 ...
Illnesses like the common cold and the flu have become endemic in human populations; everyone gets them every now and then, but for most people, they aren’t especially harmful. COVID-19 will ...