Outbreak
All leading COVID vaccines so far require two shots, making it even more challenging to contain the pandemic
As the nation gears up to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the novel coronavirus, public health officials… are ...
Epidemiologist who guided Sweden’s ‘no lockdown’ policy sidelined after surge overwhelms the country
The high-profile epidemiologist who led Sweden's no lock-down strategy in the spring appears to be being sidelined by the government ...
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 antibody testing
Though experts say there is now evidence that the presence of antibodies results in some immunity to the virus that ...
Prepare for some unpleasant side effects from COVID-19 shots
Data from early trials of several COVID-19 vaccines suggests that consumers will need to be prepared for side effects that, ...
Why do many COVID patients lose their sense of smell? Here are some answers
Smell loss is so common in people with [COVID-19] that some researchers have recommended its use as a diagnostic test because it ...
Viewpoint: How Trump and Steve Bannon aided by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Lou Dobbs promoted the ‘China created COVID in a lab’ conspiracy myth
[Chinese researcher Dr. Li-Meng Yan] appeared in the United States on Fox News making the unsubstantiated claim to millions that ...
‘If I get sick from COVID, what is the chance that I will die?’
Perhaps the most important question that each of us wants to know in regard to the coronavirus pandemic is, "Will ...
Vaccine diplomacy: China poised to introduce first COVID shots to Latin America, increasing its regional influence
China is actively making “deals to try to get the vaccine deployed and employed” around the globe to stop the ...
Sweden imposes mandatory COVID restrictions, ending its ‘voluntary’ distancing experiment
Like other Europeans, Swedes are now heading into the winter facing restrictions ranging from a ban on large gatherings to ...
How might mass COVID vaccinations work? Louisiana sets up drive-through flu vaccine effort as a test
Getting all those shots into arms will be a monumental task. Shreveport, Louisiana, is getting ready now. The city recently ...
Conservative media touts Danish study raising doubts about mask effectiveness. Health experts say that’s dangerous
In [a] large, randomized study published [November 18] in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers observed more than 6,000 people in Denmark ...
Government-issued proof-of-vaccination cards are on the way
Vaccination cards will be used as the "simplest" way to keep track of Covid-19 shots, said Dr. Kelly Moore, associate ...
Viewpoint: Chinese scientists push unsupported claim that COVID originated in India
[A] recent preprint by Chinese scientists Libing Shen, Funan He and Zhao Zhang titled ‘The early cryptic transmission and evolution of ...
Video: Anti-COVID vaccine movement? How the Trump administration has eroded trust in science
Distrust in the Trump administration has turned into distrust of science, adding to an already powerful anti-vaccine movement. Infectious-disease epidemiologists ...
30+ genes identified that could protect us from COVID, opening door to gene therapy prevention solutions
The goal was two-fold: to identify the genes that make human cells more resistant to SARS-CoV-2 virus; and test existing ...
Infographic: What are mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and how do they work?
As of 1 December 2020, thirteen vaccines have reached the final stage of testing: where they are being given to ...
Emergency use authorizations for COVID vaccines seem like a no brainer, but they potentially pose real threats. Here’s why
The FDA can grant an [emergency use authorization, or EUA] to a drug to treat COVID-19 to facilitate the distribution ...
60% of Americans now say they will get a vaccine. Who are they?
Overall, 60% of Americans say they would definitely or probably get a vaccine for the coronavirus, if one were available ...
As COVID is transmitted via airborne particles, there’s no evidence that sanitizing surfaces lowers risk of infection
All over the world, workers are soaping, wiping and fumigating surfaces with an urgent sense of purpose: to fight the ...
We are on the cusp of an on-the-spot COVID test
In an Australian first, [University of Technology Sydney] scientists have used novel optical technology to design a highly sensitive saliva ...
Back of the line? Poorer countries pressing WHO to free COVID-19 vaccines from patent protection
The pandemic requires a temporary suspension of the world’s usual intellectual property system, [a group of developing countries led by ...
‘Zoom boom’: Why is Asia the only part of the world weathering the economic fallout from COVID?
China remains on track to grow nearly 2% this year, the most of any major economy, while the world is expected to ...
Airlines moving towards required pre-flight COVID testing to boost traveling
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to caution that even with masks, social distancing and other measures, travel ...
Viewpoint: If you care about science and the well-being of our children, don’t close schools
We should not be going to public events. We should not be eating indoors at restaurants. We should not be ...
WHO launches daunting task of tracing COVID’s global path
The search will start in Wuhan — the Chinese city where the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was first identified — and ...
Harvard and Stanford business schools pursue different – but equally successful – strategies to contain COVID on campus
Two elite programs, two wildly different approaches in tone and execution. In terms of the substance of their efforts, though, ...
3 biggest COVID rumors and false claims debunked
One of the most shared claims this week - one that has been circulating since early this year - is ...
