Why your 1st COVID-19 shot is more protective…

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. After months of…

Not the year to die: Families denied final…

"Mom, we're all out here. Your children are out here." When Patricia Joncas spoke those words to her dying mother, Katherine Davis, last month, Davis was peering through a window.Davis suffered a stroke Jan. 18 at the…

Yes, the pandemic will end — but COVID-19…

As the months passed in 2020, and a mysterious new virus spread around the world, prompting lockdowns and whirlwind scientific research, it was hard to shake one burning question: Was COVID-19 ever going away? Now,…