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Japan travel ban announced by the CDC darkens clouds over scheduled summer Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo Olympics, postponed in 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, are facing increasing hurdles in putting ...
We will need COVID tests for years to come, posing challenges for poorer countries. Here’s how trained, virus-detecting bees could be a godsend
Dutch researchers on [May 10] said they have trained honeybees to stick out their tongues when presented with the virus’s ...
Immunocompromised and wary about getting a COVID vaccine? Here’s what experts say
None of the large-scale vaccine trials included people who are immunocompromised, though every indication is that vaccines are safe in ...
If you get a vaccine and you experience side effects, is that a sign it’s working?
If someone gets a headache or feels a bit under the weather after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s become common ...
No, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Requiring proof of vaccinations—COVID or otherwise—is not a violation of HIPPA (sic) rights
Some Americans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), are balking at [questions about COVID vaccine status from businesses, employers, and ...
Latest anti-vaccine memes linking COVID shots to infertility go viral. Here’s how that happened
Persistent myths like vaccine shedding are becoming more extreme on social media. The latest misinformation claims are that even being ...
One-third of veterans have rejected COVID vaccines. This Veteran Affairs mobile van unit is trying to convert them, but it’s not going well
The rugged communities that stretch from eastern Washington through the Idaho Panhandle into northwestern Montana include some of the country’s ...
Infographic: Either or? Where does the public stand on vaccine mandates and vaccine passports?
There's much higher public support for government-imposed vaccine mandates than businesses' use of "vaccine passports," even if they're called something ...
COVID and immunity: How long will it last if you get a vaccine or were infected?
The COVID vaccines are working. Data from Israel and Scotland shows that they are protecting people and may also be decreasing ...
Viewpoint: Waiving patent restrictions on COVID vaccines to address global shot shortages is politically appealing but fraught with consequences
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the US would support a petition filed last October at the World Trade Organization ...
What might happen if viruses jump from pet dogs to humans? That worrisome future is already here
[S]cientists are reporting that they have discovered what may be the latest coronavirus to jump from animals into people. And ...
Rapidly-spreading COVID-19 variant currently ravaging India makes first appearance in the US — in children with no recent travel history
Scientists [at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center found] two cases of the variant first detected in India using ...
China and other countries across Asia have limited scourge of COVID infections — but they are falling behind the West in vaccination rates
Most Asian countries have administered doses to less than 3% of their populations, while mainland China and Hong Kong have ...
Viewpoint: Extreme rightwing anti-vaccine rejectionism — Conspiracy promoters liken the unvaccinated to Holocaust and Civil Rights victims
If you’re ever tempted to compare something to the Holocaust, just don’t. Conservative activist and conspiracy theorist DeAnna Lorraine, who ...
Viewpoint: Too far too fast? Two public health advocates say CDC courts unnecessary dangers with relaxed mask recommendations
There is still a Covid-19 death about every 2.5 minutes in the nation, and serious racial and ethnic disparities exists ...
Arabic language anti-vaccine conspiracy theories feature Bill Gates as the central target
Across dozens of Arabic pages and groups, dangerous conspiracy theories about the pandemic are racking up millions of views and ...
Here’s why the CDC relaxed its mask policy a week after announcing confusing guidance
For months, federal officials have vigorously warned that wearing masks and social distancing were necessary to contain the pandemic. So ...
Would you get a vaccine for a chance at winning $1 million? Ohio hopes so
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's [lottery to win one of 5 $1 million prizes] to encourage vaccinations appears to be an ...
Scientifically questionable 10-day pause of J&J vaccine has deepened hesitancy
The 10-day halt in administering Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine has made it harder to inoculate the hard-to-reach and hesitant, ...
Canada’s plant-based COVID vaccine jumps latest hurdle on way toward approval
Canada's first homegrown vaccine for COVID-19 is showing promising antibody results in hundreds of participants in a Phase 2 trial ...
Vaccine conspiracy theories hold wide sway in government-skeptical Latino community
Since the pandemic began, Latinos like my dad, a Mexican immigrant, have been hit with a torrent of false claims ...
What’s the likelihood of getting reinfected by COVID-19? Who’s most vulnerable?
Coronavirus reinfections are relatively rare, but it's more common for people 65 and older to get infected more than once, ...
4 in 10 healthcare workers have not gotten a COVID vaccine and many say they never will
Health-care workers were the first group in the United States to be offered coronavirus vaccinations. But three months into the ...
Infographic: Vaccine hesitancy on the wane for some as confidence in shot effectiveness grows, tracking study shows
If we look at the attributes of Americans who are ambivalent about vaccination, we see that living in a small ...
Vaccine equity: This is what the US is doing to ensure widespread global access to COVID-19 vaccines
The U.S. is expected to soon have enough COVID-19 vaccine doses on hand to fully vaccinate just about everyone in ...
‘The most terrifying thing’: For an unlucky few, even mild COVID can lead to psychosis. We still don’t know why
[I]n mid-December, after a mild case of Covid-19, [49-year-old former marine Ivan Agerton] was seized by a kind of psychosis ...
Infographic: Trending green and going great — Every state in the US seeing decreased cases of COVID
The U.S. averaged fewer than 40,000 new cases per day over the past week. That’s a 21% improvement over the ...
