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Delta variant tricks: Will the coronavirus continue to outsmart attempts to contain it?
The race between the evolution of the virus and the vaccination of human beings boils down to a math problem ...
Under what legal conditions can governments and businesses mandate vaccines?
Whether a vaccine requirement is legal will depend on who is imposing it and how they have shaped it. Mandates ...
‘No one I have spoken to is looking forward to enforcing mask mandates on customers’: Frontline workers fear implementing renewed restrictions
On May 13 of this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hung American frontline workers out to dry ...
Preventing the next virus outbreak: Making vaccine development and production a global mission
How do we prevent a pandemic like this from happening again? ... [We need] the ability to rapidly develop and ...
Viewpoint: The Great Barrington Declaration got many things right on COVID, yet it remains in ideological crosshairs
In October 2020, along with Professor Sunetra Gupta, we authored the Great Barrington Declaration, in which we argued for a ...
Social media vaccine conspiracists spread false information about alleged COVID shot fertility dangers
Dr. [Michelle] Rockwell, an Oklahoma-based family physician… saw that someone had made a collage of two of her Instagram posts ...
VaxTeen: Teenagers are learning how to circumvent their parents’ opposition to COVID vaccines
Among minors, 38% of 16- to 17-year-olds and 25% of 12- to 15-year-olds were fully vaccinated as of July 14, ...
Those infected with the Delta variant may be carrying more than a thousand times more viral particles than prior variants
People infected with the delta variant of the novel coronavirus may be carrying more than a thousand times more virus ...
Vaccine hesitant are impervious even to physician persuasion, survey shows
Personal recommendations from doctors may not help revitalize the United States' stalling COVID-19 vaccination drive, a new CBS News/YouGov poll ...
‘It’s almost certain’: An even more elusive and potentially more dangerous variant than Delta is likely to emerge, scientists warn
An analysis by British academics, published by the UK Government’s official scientific advisory group, says that they believe it is ...
Taboo: Why has Africa emerged as the global coronavirus ‘Cold Spot’ — and why are we afraid to talk about it?
The first COVID-19 case in Africa was confirmed on February 14th, 2020, in Egypt. The first in sub-Saharan Africa appeared ...
CDC strengthens recommendations for pregnant and breast-feeding women to get COVID vaccine
CDC has released new data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people and is recommending all people ...
Why is the Delta variant so much more transmissible than past COVID mutants?
Upon first inspection, the mutations in the highly contagious delta covid variant don’t look that worrisome. For starters, delta has ...
Viewpoint — This osteopath and natural medicine peddler is the most notorious COVID disinformation spreader: Dr. Joseph Mercola
Dr. [Joseph] Mercola, 67, an osteopathic physician in Cape Coral, Fla., has long been a subject of criticism and government ...
Is a new California law limiting protests at COVID vaccine centers constitutional?
A proposal sailing through the California Legislature that aims to stop people from getting harassed outside vaccination sites is raising ...
Tik Tok and social media influencers join White House campaign to soften vaccine hesitancy
Fewer than half of all Americans age 18 to 39 are fully vaccinated, compared with more than two-thirds of those ...
On the cusp of flu season, concerns mount that Delta variant poses unique dangers for children
The number of very sick children admitted to Children's Hospital New Orleans with Covid-19 has exploded over the past two ...
Corporations split over whether to impose vaccine mandates or offer incentives
Business leaders broadly agree they need to get more workers vaccinated to keep the U.S. economy humming in the face ...
‘Minimizing the probability of adverse outcomes’ is driving the ever-changing, sometimes conflicting recommendations on mask wearing
There is increasing confusion, and even consternation, over what seem to be disparate policies, recommendations, and mandates emerging in response ...
Delta strain prompts NFL players to recommend tighter coronavirus restrictions
The NFL Players Association told its membership [August 4] that it will propose re-tightening the sport’s coronavirus protocols and testing ...
Pentagon poised to require COVID vaccinations for all military personnel
Members of the U.S. military will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine beginning next month under a plan laid ...
Why the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to surprise us
As people in the US grapple with a return to masking to stay ahead of the delta and lambda variants ...
When might the Delta variant reach its peak?
We will soon get the first glimmers of data that show how Delta behaves when all restrictions are lifted in ...
COVID vaccine mandates at public universities legally challenged after George Mason professor files suit
A law-school professor filed a lawsuit [August 4] challenging George Mason University’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, arguing it is unnecessarily coercive ...
Wealthy countries brush aside WHO pleas to hold off on booster shots until vaccination rates in poorer nations dramatically increase
French President Emanuel Macron said [August 5] his country would join the handful of nations that plan to offer a ...
‘More dangerous than Delta’: Fauci warns a more lethal and communicable strain of COVID is possible
If America's current COVID-19 surge continues unabated into the fall and winter, the country will likely face an even more ...
Is the COVID vaccine dangerous? Many unvaccinated Americans, mostly Republicans, falsely believe the vaccine is more hazardous than the coronavirus, survey finds
The latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor finds roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults (67%) saying they have received at least one ...
