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Are ‘superdodgers’ real? Is COVID seasonal? We’re finally making progress on understanding 7 of the biggest COVID mysteries

Knvul Sheikh | 
When the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, nearly everything about the novel coronavirus was ...
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Are Chinese scientists going rogue on latest COVID research? Experimental strain found 100% lethal in ‘humanized’ mice

John Lopez | 
Chinese scientists created a mutant COVID-19 strain, GX_P2V, with a 100% lethality rate in "humanized" mice ...
Video: 10 of the most prominent anti-vaccine celebrities, from Jim Carrey to Jenny McCarthy

Video: 10 of the most prominent anti-vaccine celebrities, from Jim Carrey to Jenny McCarthy

OSSA | 
Why do many celebrities reject science? Watch the video below to find out which Hollywood stars are anti-vaccine. 1. Jenna ...
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Viewpoint: COVID vaccine rights waiver would allow developing countries access to formulas and manufacturing details, jeopardizing America’s biotech race with China

James Pooley | 
With support from the U.S, the World Trade Organization in 2022 waived global intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines — ...
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The serotonin effect: Here’s an intriguing explanation for the mystery of long COVID

Pam Belluck | 
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania suggest that serotonin reduction is triggered by remnants of the virus lingering in the ...
Reduction of COVID-19 deaths? Masks, lockdowns and social distancing may play a part but the only thing we know for sure is that vaccines worked

Reduction of COVID-19 deaths? Masks, lockdowns and social distancing may play a part but the only thing we know for sure is that vaccines worked

Nate Silver | 
After vaccines became available, there were clear differences, with red states having higher death rates, almost certainly as a result ...
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‘Democrats are trying to restart COVID hysteria’: Ideological clashes escalate with arrival of new booster shots

The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of updated booster shots to combat the recent uptick in COVID-19 infections can only ...
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For 6 percent of COVID victims, long COVID might be here for an indefinite stay

Leana Wen | 
Covid-19 is now endemic, meaning the coronavirus is here to stay and health officials must pivot from treating it like a one-time emergency ...
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Latest conspiracy theory claims that COVID is ‘bacterial pneumonia’: Here’s how this antivax delusion gained a foothold

David Gorski | 
To antivaccine conspiracy theorists, it is always of the utmost importance to find a way to explain deaths from the ...
What do 'non-identical' identical twins have to do with COVID-19? Mutations!

What do ‘non-identical’ identical twins have to do with COVID-19? Mutations!

Ricki Lewis | 
Identical twins Stella and Desiree Vignes were born in 1938 in a Louisiana town so small that it wasn’t on ...
Did COVID vaccine mandates reduce infection rates among college students?

Did COVID vaccine mandates reduce infection rates among college students?

Serena Smith | 
New research from The Ohio State University College of Medicine finds COVID-19 vaccine mandates are highly effective at reducing the ...
‘You feel like you’re out in the wilderness’: Here are the leading theories for why long COVID is so disabling

‘You feel like you’re out in the wilderness’: Here are the leading theories for why long COVID is so disabling

Will Stone | 
For people suffering from long COVID's often disabling symptoms, including intense fatigue, breathing troubles, cognitive issues and heart palpitations, the ...
Long COVID cure? Can this debilitating illness be treated in just 3 days? A norwegian study concludes ‘yes’

Long COVID cure? Can this debilitating illness be treated in just 3 days? A Norwegian study concludes ‘yes’

Marte Dæhlen | 
This treatment program is to be conducted in Øystese along Norway’s Hardangerfjord and has shown promising results for people with ...
Viewpoint: Are anti-vax COVID physicians being ‘persecuted’ by medical regulatory boards?

Viewpoint: Are anti-vax COVID physicians being ‘persecuted’ by medical regulatory boards?

David Gorski | 
Two COVID-19 antivax quacks, Drs. Paul Marik and Pierre Kory, announced that the ABIM had informed them that their board ...
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Viewpoint: In COVID early days, Chinese doctors in Wuhan denied widespread viral spread. That was a lie

In the first weeks of 2020, a radiologist at Xinhua Hospital in Wuhan, China, saw looming signs of trouble. He ...
Current vaccines do not offer protection against new globally-spreading COVID virus

BA.2.86: Current vaccines do not offer protection against new globally-spreading COVID variant

Fenit Nirappil | 
A highly mutated form of the coronavirus that threatens to be the most adept yet at slipping past the body’s ...
Viewpoint — ‘My body went haywire’: One woman’s debilitating experience with Long COVID

Viewpoint: ‘My body went haywire’ — One woman’s debilitating experience with long COVID

Madeline Miller | 
Despite the crystal-clear science on the damage covid-19 does to our bodies, medical settings have dropped mask requirements, so patients ...
‘Blue leg syndrome’: Yet another long COVID health problem

‘Blue leg syndrome’: Yet another long COVID health problem

Kristina Fiore | 
'Blue Legs' yet another long COVID: isolated case report that illustrates that POTS is part of the milieu of post-COVID ...
‘It ages the brain by a decade’: Long COVID symptoms of extreme fatigue and brain fog takes severe health toll

‘It ages the brain by a decade’: Long COVID symptoms including extreme fatigue and brain fog take severe health toll

Molly Enking | 
Scientists tested the cognitive function of more than 3,000 participants and found those with longer-lasting Covid symptoms had the strongest ...
In During the COVID pandemic, Republicans in Ohio and Florida had a higher mortality rate than Democrats

During the COVID pandemic, Republicans in Ohio and Florida had a higher mortality rate than Democrats

Chuck Dinerstein | 
A study confined to COVID deaths in Florida and Ohio suggests that the Grim Reaper’s “excess” deaths, when stratified by ...
Viewpoint: We still don’t know where COVID truly came from. Should we be concerned?

Viewpoint: We still don’t know where COVID truly came from. Should we be concerned?

David Quammen | 
Ongoing mystery: We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here's what we do know — and why it matters ...
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Viewpoint: GOP Congressmen continue to question safety of the COVID vaccine, raising concerns of feeding vaccine hesitancy

Darius Tahir | 
Vaccine skeptics run the gamut from individuals with scientific credentials who nevertheless oppose public health policies from a libertarian perspective ...
A new COVID vaccine is arriving this fall. Will anyone take it?

A new COVID vaccine is arriving this fall. Will anyone take it?

CNBC | 
Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are slated to deliver new single-strain coronavirus shots targeting the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in September ...
Exposed but never caught COVID? Lucky genes that protect you

Exposed but never caught COVID? Lucky genes may protect you

Kaitlin Sullivan | 
Researchers found that people who carry a genetic variant of a protein found on cell surfaces are less likely to ...
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What are the prospects that we might soon face another coronavirus-like viral pandemic?

Henry Miller, Kathleen Hefferon | 
There are signs of a mid-summer surge in COVID-19 cases, particularly in the Midwest and West, that have some experts ...
COVID air detector: ‘You can know essentially in real time, or every 5 minutes, if there is a live virus in the air’

COVID air detector: ‘You can know essentially in real time, or every 5 minutes, if there is a live virus in the air’

Beth Miller | 
A team of researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Medicine has developed a proof-of-concept air ...
Long COVID-like symptoms may be a side effect of COVD vaccines, USFDA and university researchers tentatively say

Long COVID-like symptoms may be side effect of COVID vaccines, FDA and university researchers tentatively say

A debilitating suite of symptoms that resembles Long Covid, has been more elusive, its link to vaccination unclear ...
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