COVID-19 and Novel Coronavirus Updates

NCSE answers questions about coronavirus for teachers.

Winding road
Winding road
December 3, 2021
Omicron: don’t lose heart, it’s not a Charlie-Brown-and-the-football situation
Delta variant
Delta variant
September 2, 2021
Where did the Delta variant come from and what will happen next?
Moderna vaccine
Moderna vaccine
August 24, 2021
It’s time for another “Don’t Jump the Gun” reminder
wedding cake
wedding cake
May 28, 2021
Remember when we said “Don’t jump the gun”? We need to say it again
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Chat bubble
May 21, 2021
How to talk to people with vaccine hesitancy: epilogue
My Father's Dragon - rhino brushing his horn
My Father's Dragon - rhino brushing his horn
April 30, 2021
Why mRNA vaccines can’t change your genome: a lesson from Elmer Elevator
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2
April 16, 2021
What’s going on with the B.1.1.7 variant?
Moderna vaccine
Moderna vaccine
April 9, 2021
How to talk to people with vaccine hesitancy
A sedan and a sports car side by side
A sedan and a sports car side by side
March 12, 2021
Any of the vaccines will do
How quickly we forget. When the coronavirus pandemic started, public health experts warned that vaccines were unlikely to become available for years. Having vaccines within 18 months was considered a wildly optimistic estimate. (Those experts were not just being killjoys—ensuring that a vaccine is…