Outbreak
Infographics: Key charts illustrate split between vaccinated and unvaccinated America
Three in 10 American adults remain unvaccinated, according to the latest survey from the KFF. But they’re not a monolith ...
A daily pill to treat COVID could be just months away, scientists say
Within a day of testing positive for covid-19 in June, Miranda Kelly was sick enough to be scared. At 44, ...
COVID outbreaks far more common in schools without mask requirements for students and staff, CDC data confirm
Covid-19 outbreaks are far more likely in schools that don't require students and staff to wear masks, new data from ...
It all started in Italy? Latest COVID origin theory explodes on the web
In early August 2021, a preprint reported a potentially huge discovery. Researchers had looked at samples that were collected as ...
Will ‘long COVID’ become a neglected disease, sabotaging the lives of millions of victims?
A small number of fully vaccinated people have become long-haulers after breakthrough infections, although no one knows how common such ...
How do religious COVID vaccine exemptions work — and how do you prevent people from abusing them?
The idea of a religious exemption as a concept has a long and complicated history in the U.S., but it ...
Analysis: Dr. Bronner’s Soaps, longtime ally of Organic Consumers Association, now targeted by “all natural” advocates for offering employees $1,000 vaccine incentive
Like every U.S. business with in-person employees, activist-oriented soap brand Dr. Bronner’s has been grappling with how to keep Covid-19 ...
How COVID affects us long after the virus is gone
There are myriad ways that infectious agents — viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and prions — can do long-term damage to ...
At-home antigen tests are booming — but are they reliable? Here’s the case for and against them
Researchers have long known that rapid [COVID-19] antigen tests, although convenient, sacrifice some accuracy for their art. Compared with PCR-based ...
‘Bizarre and dangerous misinformation’: Media Matters analysis reveals One America News Network’s anti-vaccination crusade
Right-wing cable network One America News is continuing its months-long campaign against public health by spreading dangerous and bizarre conspiracy ...
‘COVID vaccines are wondrous weapons, but they aren’t impenetrable armor’
When Covid-19 vaccines were reported last fall to be roughly 95% effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 infections, the world rejoiced ...
Why are children less susceptible to severe COVID?
Children have had a reduced risk not only of developing severe COVID-19 but also of being infected by SARS-CoV-2 in ...
COVID and evolutionary fitness: As vaccines limit the virus’ ability to evolve into lethal strains, scientists hope future variants will be less threatening
There is no playbook for evolution. Delta could continue to ratchet up its rate of spread, or it could be ousted ...
Viewpoint: ‘There is no legitimate Christian doctrine-backed case for vaccine mandate exemptions’
According to the Civil Rights Act, [vaccine] exemptions are meant to apply to people with “sincerely held religious beliefs,” and ...
Viewpoint: Does mounting evidence for vaccine “durability” suggest we delay boosters for all until we learn more?
When President Biden announced that beginning the week of September 20, “anyone vaccinated on or before January 20 will be ...
In a global first, injection-free DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine approved — and more in the works
India has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine that uses circular strands of DNA to prime the immune system against the ...
Moderna vaccine appears to be significantly superior to Pfizer’s in preventing COVID hospitalizations
Amid persistent concerns that the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines may be waning, a report released [September 17] by the ...
Viewpoint: Freedom not force? One physician’s strategy to engage the COVID vaccine reluctant
The anger I feel toward vaccine-hesitant people becomes a more complicated emotion when I witness them reckoning with their choices ...
Some people appear genetically immune to catching COVID — but scientists are still not sure why
[Molecular biology professor Mayana] Zatz’s work is part of a growing effort to identify factors that may make people resistant ...
How Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to ‘get America vaccinated’ were undermined by… Facebook
In mid-March, Mark Zuckerberg used his Facebook page to announce a goal that was both ambitious and personal. He wanted ...
One strategy that appears to sway vaccine reluctants: Appeals to faith
Our recent PRRI/IFYC Religion and the Vaccine Survey found clear progress in vaccine uptake, even among many hesitant groups, between ...
Think of vaccines more like flame retardants than impenetrable walls. Some people will inevitably get sick
The first thing to know about the COVID-19 vaccines is that they’re doing exactly what they were designed and authorized ...
There are still no approved and effective therapies for thousands of ‘long haul’ COVID patients
[A] study, published in February in the journal JAMA Network Open by researchers at the University of Washington, suggests that around ...
COVID vaccine confusion: Why is there so much conflicting advice about if and when to get a booster shot?
On boosters, Americans have heard conflicting messages from various parts of the U.S. government. Yet, [Anthony] Fauci said, “there is ...
‘Politics of natural immunity vs vaccines’: British Medical Journal reports US stands alone in ‘not counting’ immunity impact of people who have had COVID in recommendations
When the vaccine rollout began in mid-December 2020, more than one quarter of Americans—91 million—had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, according ...
Musician Nicki Minaj hesitates to get a COVID vaccine because it ‘caused a friend of a friend to become impotent’. Let’s review the evidence
Nicki Minaj turned a lot of heads [September 13] when she told her 22 million followers on Twitter that she ...
Global travel with Delta spreading? Here how experts recommend staying safe
Although vaccinated individuals can catch and spread the delta variant, the vaccine is extremely effective (around 95%, according to Dr ...
