Herd immunity is the key to controlling COVID. How many people need to get the vaccine?

Herd immunity is the key to controlling COVID. How many people need to get the vaccine?

Pedro Mendes | 
It has been clear for a while that, at least in the U.S., the only way out of the coronavirus ...
Will Trump-country, vaccine-hesitant Republicans block the US from reaching herd immunity?

Will Trump-country, vaccine-hesitant Republicans block the US from reaching herd immunity?

Dan Diamond | 
[U]nlike many at-risk Americans seeking safety and an end to the pandemic, [80-year-old retiree] Margaret refuses to get a coronavirus ...
'Crisis of confidence': What's causing the panic around AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine?

‘Crisis of confidence’: What’s causing the panic around AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine?

Matthew Herper | 
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is facing a crisis of confidence, with one European country after another, as if seized by a ...
Europe at a tipping point? Coronavirus gloom deepens as vaccine rollout lags, COVID resurges

Europe at a tipping point? Coronavirus gloom deepens as vaccine rollout lags, COVID resurges

Contagion is rising again in much of the EU, despite months of restrictions on daily life, as more-virulent virus strains ...
Simulation: Here’s how herd immunity works

Simulation: Here’s how herd immunity works

Richard Harris, Thomas Wilburn | 
When you click "Run Simulation" [below], you are witnessing how a disease can spread through a population and how increased ...
Do you need two vaccine shots if you’ve already been infected with COVID?

Do you need two vaccine shots if you’ve already been infected with COVID?

Karen Weintraub | 
Six recent studies suggest that people who've already come down with COVID-19 might not need to get a second vaccine ...
How churches and community groups are responding to vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans

How churches and community groups are responding to vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans

[West Baltimore resident Reverend Derrick] DeWitt is a field marshal in the local war against poverty, disease and hunger. "My ...
Infographic: Is COVID here to stay? Why the virus may never be eradicated

Infographic: Is COVID here to stay? Why the virus may never be eradicated

Nicky Phillips | 
Nature asked more than 100 immunologists, infectious-disease researchers and virologists working on the coronavirus whether it could be eradicated. Almost ...
Vaccine clinical research trials skewed towards White Americans, marginalizing minorities, study finds

Vaccine clinical research trials skewed towards White Americans, marginalizing minorities, study finds

Nicholas St. Fleur | 
An analysis of the demographics of a decade’s worth of vaccine clinical trials has found that Black Americans, Latinos, American ...
Going forward, taming COVID may depend more on logistics and administration than science

Going forward, taming COVID may depend more on logistics and administration than science

James Capretta, Kieran Allsop, Scott Ganz | 
The US can emerge from the depths of the COVID-19 crisis in the coming months if the federal government leads ...
Decades-long battle over GMOs can teach scientists how to combat COVID conspiracies in Africa

Decades-long battle over GMOs can teach scientists how to combat COVID conspiracies in Africa

As the second wave of COVID-19 sweeps across Africa, bringing steep increases in infections and deaths, the battle between facts and conspiracies – ...
The Anti-Vaxx Playbook: Exposing the 5-step anti-vaxx conversion program escalating the COVID pandemic. Its proponents include Barbara Loe Fisher, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Sherri Tenpenny

The Anti-Vaxx Playbook: Exposing the 5-step anti-vaxx conversion program escalating the COVID pandemic. Its proponents include Barbara Loe Fisher, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Sherri Tenpenny

The Anti-Vaxx Playbook is based on in-depth analysis of speeches and presentations by leading digital anti-vaccine advocates at a meeting ...
Virus wars: The evolutionary battle between humans and COVID-19

Virus wars: The evolutionary battle between humans and COVID-19

Adam Rogers | 
The past (horrible, tragic, no-good, very bad) year might have seemed like a straightforward battle between scientists and a virus ...
When it comes to COVID, identical doesn’t always mean the same: Twins got COVID together but their illnesses followed different trajectories

When it comes to COVID, identical doesn’t always mean the same: Twins got COVID together but their illnesses followed different trajectories

Katherine Wu | 
Early last spring, [twin] sisters from Rochester, Mich., checked themselves into the hospital with fevers and shortness of breath. While ...
Republicans, young people and minorities: How to persuade the vaccine hesitant to get a COVID shot

Republicans, young people and minorities: How to persuade the vaccine hesitant to get a COVID shot

Derek Thompson | 
As the United States screams past 500,000 fatalities, the choice between a deadly disease and a shot in the arm ...
‘You can’t be in Tuskegee and not have the syphilis study in the back of your mind’: Understanding Black COVID vaccine hesitancy

‘You can’t be in Tuskegee and not have the syphilis study in the back of your mind’: Understanding Black COVID vaccine hesitancy

Julie Wernau | 
Beginning in the 1930s, federal officials enrolled hundreds of Black men in Tuskegee in an experiment to examine the effects ...
COVID-19 Survival Guide: The virus will be with us forever. Here’s how we can adapt

COVID-19 Survival Guide: The virus will be with us forever. Here’s how we can adapt

Michael Greshko | 
Eventually—years or even decades in the future—COVID-19 could transition into a mild childhood illness, like the four endemic human coronaviruses ...
Apocalyptic and conspiratorial views are escalating as the pandemic persists

Apocalyptic and conspiratorial views are escalating as the pandemic persists

Marc Fisher | 
Since ancient times, pandemics have spurred sharp turns in political beliefs, spawning extremist movements, waves of mistrust and wholesale rejection ...
Video: Between Us, About Us — Black healthcare workers challenge misinformation and spread encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines

Video: Between Us, About Us — Black healthcare workers challenge misinformation and spread encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines

The Conversation: Between Us, About Us is a new campaign to provide Black communities with credible information about the COVID-19 ...
‘A golden age of vaccinology’: Gene-based vaccines can combat infectious diseases of the future

‘A golden age of vaccinology’: Gene-based vaccines can combat infectious diseases of the future

Peter Loftus | 
Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, which was authorized [February 27] for use in the U.S., is at the vanguard of ...
Is the US underestimating COVID reinfection risks?

Is the US underestimating COVID reinfection risks?

JoNel Aleccia | 
As millions of Americans struggle to recover from covid and millions more scramble for the protection offered by vaccines, U.S ...
How entrenched is COVID vaccine resistance? It depends on how survey questions are asked

How entrenched is COVID vaccine resistance? It depends on how survey questions are asked

Jo Craven McGinty | 
[H]ow many people will accept the shot? The answer might depend on how you ask the question. Four different groups ...
Vaccine passports: A threat to our freedom or a grudgingly acceptable health precaution?

Vaccine passports: A threat to our freedom or a grudgingly acceptable health precaution?

Sam Meredith | 
The U.S., U.K. and European Union are among those considering whether to introduce a digital passport that will allow citizens ...
Anxious about getting a COVID vaccine because you don't know what's in it? We know a lot more about it than the safety of hot dogs

Anxious about getting a COVID vaccine because you don’t know what’s in it? We know a lot more about it than the safety of hot dogs

Ricki Lewis | 
“So, you’ve been eatin’ hot dogs and chicken nuggets all your life and you don’t want the vaccine ‘cuz you ...
For some COVID victims, it’s a tortured path regaining a sense of smell

For some COVID victims, it’s a tortured path regaining a sense of smell

Brittny Mejia | 
Smell is instrumental in our perception of flavors, allowing us to differentiate strawberry from raspberry ice cream and warning us ...
World War II mobilization provided groundwork for successful COVID vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed

World War II mobilization provided groundwork for successful COVID vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed

Arthur Herman | 
To date, [Operation Warp Speed] has managed to produce and deliver about 50 million vaccine doses—all made in the U.S.—with ...
COVID variant warning: Brazil P.1 variant infects many who had recovered, devastating Manaus

COVID variant warning: Brazil P.1 variant infects many who had recovered, devastating Manaus

Carl Zimmer | 
B.1.1.7, first identified in Britain, has demonstrated the power to spread far and fast. In South Africa, a mutant called ...
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