Outbreak
Israel has vaccinated more than half of children aged 12 to 15. What can we learn from this endeavor?
As more and more countries around the world are beginning to offer Covid-19 vaccines for children over 12, Israel offers ...
Viewpoint: A psychological deep dive into the minds of COVID vaccine ‘refuseniks’
COVID has hospitalized 6.2 million Americans, killed at least 640,000 (the true count may be 800,000), and caused permanent cardiovascular, neurological, and other health ...
Viewpoint: By heroizing vaccine resisters, Fox News escalates ideological shot divide
Fox News has provided a friendly platform to dozens of people who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine in recent ...
Mix and match COVID booster shots have been approved. Should you switch? Here’s a guide
The Food and Drug Administration on [October 20] authorized “mix-and-match” booster shots to increase antibodies to fight the coronavirus. Under ...
Since the start of the pandemic, COVID has killed 5 times as many police officers as gun violence
The coronavirus has become the leading cause of death for officers despite law enforcement being among the first groups eligible ...
Viewpoint: Anti-abortion ‘pro-lifers’ are joining forces with anti-vaxxers
The strange vaccine phobia that has taken hold of the GOP base is also affecting religious folk…. Archbishop Timothy Broglio, ...
‘It has put hospitals in a very difficult position’: Republican states caught between Biden’s federal vaccine employee mandates and local laws limiting mandates
As Montana intensive care units fill with critically ill, mostly unvaccinated COVID-19 patients, hospital leaders there are caught between two ...
Miami private school bars vaccinated students for 30 days, falsely claiming they could be a danger to the unvaccinated
A Miami private school, which previously asked teachers not to get the Covid-19 vaccine or they wouldn't be allowed to ...
‘Every single week it’s a new myth’: Misconceptions and disinformation hobble efforts to promote COVID vaccines, including among Latino Americans
When it comes to misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, health advocates have heard it all. “Every single week, it’s a ...
Backlash against vaccine, masking and tracking policies reverberates through some college campuses
Life on college campuses is as close to pre-pandemic normalcy as it has been in 18 months, but as the ...
Are you risking your health to fly on planes with COVID still raging? Here’s what the science says
The chances of viral spread aboard planes remain very low. But papers published in medical journals suggest they may not ...
COVID shot grab bag? Here’s what we know about mixing Pfizer, J&J, and Moderna vaccines
So does getting a dose of Pfizer vaccine after getting a single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine trigger production ...
Facebook remains popular destination for people discussing how to acquire and use parasitic worm-treating drug ivermectin
Facebook has become more aggressive at enforcing its coronavirus misinformation policies in the past year. But the platform remains a ...
WHO empanels last-chance science team to investigate COVID origins
The World Health Organisation on [October 13] proposed 26 experts to form its new Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins ...
Viewpoint: How has Fox News handled daily coverage of the COVID vaccine? Badly, Media Matters reveals
As the United States has struggled to fully vaccinate its population, Fox News has aired a continued stream of coverage ...
Vaccines and the founding of the United States: The American Revolution succeeded thanks in part to an immunization mandate
The United States owes its existence as a nation partly to an immunization mandate. In 1777, smallpox was a big ...
Vaccination mandates could disrupt regular NBA season and derail some teams’ playoff expectations
For months, sports organizations encouraged—but did not require—athletes to get the shot. They offered the advice of their medical professionals, ...
Smokers are less likely to get COVID: French researchers explore whether nicotine might prevent transmission
As we are hopefully exiting the third coronavirus pandemic of the last 17 years, it is time to consider that ...
80 million workers face COVID vaccine mandates — and that’s a major challenge for OSHA
In early September, just before President Biden ordered 80 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo regular testing, a question ...
A larger share of Hispanic American adults have gotten at least one COVID vaccine dose compared to White Americans
The share of Hispanic adults in the U.S. who say they have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine ...
Ivermectin obsession illustrates why pandemics are a great opportunity for fraudsters to manipulate data. What can be done?
The COVID pandemic is a great opportunity for fraudsters. With the desperation for new treatments, a tsunami of research crashes ...
If India’s crash vaccine development program is successful, multiple flexible mRNA shots might be available by year’s end
India is preparing to produce its own mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the year, in what would be ...
Infographic: Who are the last COVID vaccine holdouts?
Conservative media sometimes blame the problem of the unvaccinated on people of color, but the data show vaccine resistance is mostly ...
Viewpoint: Here’s a conservative case for the limited implementation of COVID vaccine passports
According to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, at least 171 millon people in the United States ...
Viewpoint: More evidence emerges for controversial lab leak COVID origins theory
A coronavirus adapts for its host animal. It takes time to perfect itself for infecting humans. But a pathogen engineered ...
Winter COVID guide: What we need to know about our second pandemic year
For nearly two years now, Americans have lived with SARS-CoV-2. We know it better than we once did. We know ...
45% of COVID victims end up with at least one long term symptom, China study suggests
Two new studies, one in China and one in the United Kingdom, detail persistent COVID-19 symptoms months to a year ...
