Outbreak
Viewpoint: Critical juncture — ‘Situation getting enormously better in growing vaccinated population, while growing worse in the unvaccinated group’
Life has become even riskier for unvaccinated people, particularly those who have never had covid-19. ... While treatments for covid-19 ...
Unwitting COVID carriers: 20-college study trying to answer when it will be safe to go maskless
All three authorized vaccines in the United States offer recipients robust protection against illness, particularly the worst cases. But how ...
Viewpoint: Herpes linked to COVID vaccine? Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post descends into conspiracy mongering
Lately, the New York Post seems to be on a mission to scare as many people as possible out of ...
‘Look out; we’re coming for you’: It’s scary for public health officials on the front lines of the politicized COVID crisis
Public servants like [Santa Cruz health officer Dr. Gail] Newel have become the face of government authority in the pandemic ...
Is the CDC’s ultra-cautious approach to relaxing masking and distancing guidelines feeding vaccine hesitancy?
[The CDC said April 27 that] fully vaccinated people can unmask at small outdoor gatherings or when dining outside with ...
‘Messy trials, manufacturing nightmares, and political and economic rivalry’: Behind the scenes at the AstraZeneca and Oxford vaccine blunders
The story of the vaccine that AstraZeneca developed with the University of Oxford is marked by noble intentions, communication blunders, ...
Viewpoint: Fox News provides platform for pandemic conspiracy promoter Naomi Wolf after previously mocking her ‘leftist’ views
The feminist writer Naomi Wolf garnered fame during the 1990s for her book The Beauty Myth and her work as ...
Sharon Peacock: COVID-19 Variant Hunter
The UK is a world leader in sequencing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Of all the coronavirus genomes that ...
Modifying plants is harmful in crops and food but not to fight COVID? Tobacco plant-derived vaccine under evaluation for approval in Canada
Medicago is a pioneer of plant-derived therapeutics. Its tech takes the idea of traditional vaccine manufacturing – based on using ...
Viewpoint — Conservative evangelicals and disinformation: Conspiracy theories spreading almost as fast as COVID in rightwing strongholds
White evangelical Christians make up about 41 million people, according to the Pew Research Center — and they are one ...
Country-by-country guide of where you can travel once you are fully vaccinated
As more of the world’s population gets vaccinated, travel is already beginning to make a comeback as countries begin to ...
Debating the possible origins of COVID-19: A lab-escaped bioweapon? Animal poop? Random mutations of an existing virus?
“Virus outbreak: research says COVID-19 likely synthetic,” shouted the headline in the Taipei Times on February 23, 2020. The idea ...
Viewpoint: Facebook and fake news — How the social media giant has emerged as the perfect platform for vaccine misinformation
You’d think during the worst pandemic in a century virtually everyone would be desperate to get their hands on a ...
Bad luck: How the world came close to sidestepping COVID-19
[SARS-CoV-2] almost didn't make it as a pandemic virus. Only bad luck and the packed conditions of the Huanan seafood ...
Carrot or stick? After offering incentives for staff to get vaccinated, Houston Methodist becomes first US hospital to require shots — or face termination
The [Houston Methodist] hospital system is requiring that all of its workers get their shots by June 7, making it ...
Practical travel tips: Why you will need a vaccine passport
Here’s why a vaccine passport could be the key to having a safe, seamless trip the next time you travel. ...
Will athletes recovered from COVID face career-ending myocarditis or other heart problems?
[For] athletes participating in professional, collegiate, high school or even recreational sports, significant unanswered questions remain about the aftereffects of ...
How long does COVID vaccine immunity last? When might we need a booster?
Current research shows that people who have been infected with covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, retained immunity that ...
With Olympics nearing, Japan reimposes emergency shutdowns in Tokyo and Osaka
With coronavirus infections rising sharply again, the governor of Tokyo said [April 20] that she planned to ask the central ...
Can you get COVID after vaccination? Only a handful of cases reported so far
Nearly 83 million Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, and it’s unclear just how many ...
Are masks causing more harm than good in battling COVID? Fringe journal publishes speculative report falsely linked to Stanford, fueling conservative media outburst
Websites and social media users ranging from political candidates to health influencers are falsely claiming a study published on a ...
Video: Prophet of vaccine disinformation? Here’s how one anti-vaccine evangelical pastor spreads his message of fear
As more and more Americans are getting vaccinated, resistance remains strong within one group in particular — white evangelicals. Many ...
$1,000 a shot: Fake Pfizer COVID vaccines available globally as desperation grows in countries without access
Pfizer says it has identified in Mexico and Poland the first confirmed instances of counterfeit versions of the Covid-19 vaccine ...
Viewpoint: Do we still need to wear masks outdoors? Taking face coverings off in restaurants is ‘like watching people put on seatbelts in parked cars, then unbuckling them when they drive’
One systematic overview of COVID-19 case studies concluded that the risk of transmission was 19 times higher indoors than outside ...
CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna on ‘mission driven’ science: ‘We set aside our own projects in a crash effort to fight COVID’
In a typical year, if you tried to map the trajectories of all of the scientific projects in even one ...
Vaccine passports: Everything you need to know
There is likely to be growing demand for vaccine certifications for use in the U.S., for international travel as well ...
Viewpoint: How Big Tech powers and profits from anti-vaccine misinformation
Vaccines are one of the most consequential, safe, efficient and effective medical discoveries in history. Few other inventions have saved ...
