Outbreak
Viewpoint: Track and trace – Why China has entered a post-COVID period while US and many other countries remain mired in crisis
On [October 19, China] posted positive economic growth for the second quarter in a row, underlining how speedily the world's ...
Video: Viewpoint: The US wrote the global playbook on the coronavirus and then ignored it
A year ago, the United States was regarded as the country best prepared for a pandemic. Our government had spent ...
Understanding COVID vaccine skepticism: It’s not all anti-science
Even though vaccines have virtually eliminated the risk of many preventable diseases, there has been an increase in refusal and ...
Lessons from the 1918 Spanish flu: How does a pandemic end?
[I]n order for a pandemic to end, the disease in question has to reach a point at which it is ...
How much will vaccines help knowing COVID reinfection is possible?
[V]accines mimic a natural immune response, to the effect of developing long-term and in some cases lifelong immunity to reinfection ...
A COVID tale of two universities: This historically Black Alabama college got its opening right; their mostly White neighbor flubbed it
[The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa and Birmingham campuses] were supposed to have the same clean slate when classes resumed amid ...
Want to travel abroad? Airports and airlines prepping preflight COVID tests to circumvent 14-day quarantines
Airports and airlines are rushing to offer preflight Covid-19 testing to help passengers avoid 14-day quarantines imposed by certain states ...
Colds you’ve had in the past may provide some protection from COVID
[N]ew research suggests the colds you've had in the past may provide some protection from COVID-19. The study, authored by ...
5 steps African governments should take to keep food systems intact when the next pandemic hits
COVID-19 has hit world economies hard, and the agricultural sector is no exception. Restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of ...
Viewpoint: Great Barrington Declaration on herd immunity falsely suggests a scientific divide over if we can achieve it and how
[The Great Barrington Declaration] suggests that scientists fall into two camps: those who are pro-lockdown and those who think we ...
As independent scientists’ do-it-yourself-COVID-vaccines proliferate, bioethicists counter with warnings
"It's actually simpler than most recipes in home cookbooks," said Preston Estep, chief scientist and co-founder of a DIY [COVID ...
Viewpoint: Rush to develop COVID vaccine highlights failure of Europe’s GM crop regulations
In a recent article of mine published in the journal, Global Food Security, I highlight the EU’s reluctance to move ...
1 in 7 COVID patients have genetic flaws that dramatically increase their vulnerability
[S]cientists baffled by [COVID-19’s] ferocity have wondered whether the body’s vanguard virus fighter, a molecular messenger called type I interferon, ...
US and South Korea reported first COVID cases on the same day. They managed the pandemic; US didn’t. Here’s why
South Korea halted virus transmission better than any other wealthy country during the pandemic’s early months. It was about twice as effective ...
‘We cannot just be testing grounds’: COVID prompts African scientists to call for homegrown vaccines
African scientists say that the COVID-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call that prompts the continent to produce more of ...
Our dreams reveal the escalating, suppressed anxiety spawned by COVID
We live day and night inside the same walls. We fear touching groceries that arrive at our doorstep. If we ...
It turns out seniors are both more vulnerable to COVID and can handle quarantines better
Stories abound of many older Americans handling the pandemic with the kind of resilience and aplomb my mother showed... My ...
World War I now linked to 5-year frigid period that likely intensified Spanish flu that infected one-third of the world
During the [1918] influenza pandemic, about one-third of the world was infected and at least 50 million died. But why was the ...
How COVID causes delirium
[A]bout half of [COVID] patients report neurological symptoms, including headaches, confusion and delirium, suggesting the virus may also attack the ...
False security: Many schools and businesses rely on temperature tests but COVID often not linked to fever
[E]xperts and medical groups increasingly say that [temperature testing] isn’t a good gauge of Covid-19 as many infected children and ...
Reports of COVID reinfection are becoming more common. How does that impact immunity?
[A 25-year-old Nevada man] joins a handful of other confirmed cases of [COVID] reinfection in people without immune disorders. … ...
Validating full safety of vaccines might take months but effectiveness judgements likely soon
The global campaign to identify effective vaccines against COVID-19 has entered the final stage of testing for regulatory approval—Phase III ...
Infographic: Airlines have installed ‘hospital quality’ air circulation systems and other safety measures
Despite substantial numbers of travelers, the number of suspected and confirmed cases of in-flight COVID-19 transmission between passengers around the ...
Viewpoint: Uganda battles anti-GMO, anti-vaccine coalition agitating against COVID-19 immunization
A handful of activist groups are now working in tandem to undermine Uganda’s plans to inoculate its population against the ...
5 recommendations on cutting through the COVID social media ‘infodemic’
Here are five recommendations based on our research about medical misinformation at the Shorenstein Center: … Debunking every rumor, every ...
Slideshow: Canine COVID detectors soon may be coming to an airport or business near you
There are various ongoing efforts to train sniffer dogs to detect covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. If dogs prove to be reliable in detecting ...
Conflicting studies on effectiveness of Trump’s favorite drug – remdesivir – in battling COVID? Let’s disentangle this controversy
[One New England Journal of Medicine study tells] us that remdesivir works in the fight against COVID-19. A few days later, ...
