Science Controversies
Could the world be dealing with COVID-19 in all its mutations for decades to come?
We are currently faced with the question of how the CoV-2 severity may change in the years ahead. Our analysis ...
‘At this stage, I’m not ready to get vaccinated’: Some Russian doctors refuse to take Sputnik V shot, citing efficacy concerns
Moscow opened the doors of Russia's first 70 vaccination centers [December 2], offering healthcare workers and other crucial groups a ...
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appears to protect against South African, UK COVID variants
[A new] study showed the immunity conferred by the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could block a version of the virus that contained one key ...
COVID vaccine benefits appear to outweigh minimal potential dangers for pregnant and breastfeeding women
[T]he American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the S.M.F.M. and other organizations have been calling on the F.D.A. to allow pregnant and lactating ...
Why the Big 4 repurposed COVID drugs—hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir, Lopinavir and Interferon—are all now viewed as failures
Six months ago it seemed that every other lab had a kick-ass, repurposed drug that was only weeks away from ...
How the Chinese government suppressed the real story of the country’s coronavirus catastrophe
The news was spreading quickly that Li Wenliang, a doctor who had warned about a strange new viral outbreak only to be ...
New COVID variants raise spectre of a global health catastrophe. Will they outpace vaccine development?
Scientists want to understand why SARS-CoV-2 variants identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa seem to be spreading so ...
All CRISPR crops are GMOs in Europe? Groundbreaking court ruling may have been misinterpreted
In the ruling of July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that organisms obtained by ...
Current vaccines likely work on new South African COVID variant, but effectiveness may be reduced
[A new COVID] variant, which has already shown up in patients in Europe and other African countries, has quickly become the predominant ...
Vaccine diplomacy: China hopes its vaccine development and outreach to the developing world will refurbish its image
Brazil is among the countries worst hit by the pandemic, with over six million cases and nearly 170,000 deaths. China ...
15-minute CRISPR-based COVID test uses smartphone camera to identify coronavirus
Scientists at UC Berkeley and Gladstone Institutes have developed a new CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test that, with the help of a smartphone ...
As wealthier countries prepare for mass COVID vaccine rollouts, 70 poorer countries must beg for shots
The [People’s Vaccine Alliance] says that nearly 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in 10 people ...
Fact check: 8 common COVID misconceptions
To help you out, we rounded up eight facts about the coronavirus to keep in mind if you see claims to ...
’25 days in China that changed the world’: How the country’s COVID bungling helped accelerate a global disaster
[The January 23 Wuhan] lockdown was the first decisive step in saving China. But in a pandemic that has since ...
Vaccines for COVID have been developed in record time. Here’s the story behind the miracle
[P]acked in dry ice were swabs from a patient who was suffering from a novel, occasionally fatal respiratory illness that ...
Africa has largely avoided the COVID scourge to date. Here’s why that may change
In South Africa, a crush of new cases that spread from Port Elizabeth is growing exponentially across the nation, with ...
Will approved vaccines stop the new South African COVID strain? Doubts emerge
Both Britain and South Africa have detected new, more transmissible variants of the COVID-19-causing virus in recent weeks that have ...
Which provides longer-lasting immunity: Getting COVID or a vaccine?
Which produces a stronger immune response: a natural infection or a vaccine? The short answer: We don’t know. But Covid-19 ...
What happens if you don’t get the second shot in a COVID vaccine two-jab regimen?
Two separate vaccines due to be released from pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and biotech Moderna appear to be more than 90% ...
COVID-19 vaccine tracker: What’s the status of all vaccines in development?
Vaccines typically require years of research and testing before reaching the clinic, but in 2020, scientists embarked on a race ...
Interactive: What’s your place in the COVID-19 vaccine line?
Health officials are considering vaccine timelines that give some Americans priority over others. If you’re a healthy American, you may ...
What you need to know about the fast-mutating strains of COVID-19
It’s still unclear how successful a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, can be. A lot will depend ...
How getting your flu shot could reduce the likelihood of a COVID infection
[A] new study suggests that there could be another key reason to get a flu jab this year: it might reduce ...
Voter fraud truthers add vaccine conspiracies to their social media disinformation efforts
As Mr. Trump’s challenges to the election’s results have been knocked down and the Electoral College has affirmed President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s ...
COVID-19 vaccine state-by-state availability tracker: When will you be able to get the shot?
The Post is tracking how many doses are expected to be delivered in the first set of Pfizer’s newly authorized ...
China attempting to develop ‘biologically enhanced super soldiers’, US spy chief claims
China has conducted "human testing" on members of the People's Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with "biologically enhanced ...
Ellume: 91%+ accurate at-home COVID test given first emergency authorization in the US
The Food and Drug Administration on [December 15] issued an emergency authorization for the country’s first coronavirus test that can run from ...
