COVID-19
Is speed more important than safety? Operation Warp Speed triggers public fears regulators are cutting coronavirus vaccine corners
"I'm a bit concerned to see there's a fair amount of skepticism in the American public about whether or not ...
Viewpoint: We still don’t know how deadly COVID-19 is—and why it doesn’t really matter
We’ve learned an incredible amount about the novel coronavirus these last few months… But we’re still struggling to answer what ...
5 percent of COVID-19 survivors have super strength ‘neutralizing antibodies’ crucial for developing a vaccine
The discovery of antibodies that block the most infectious elements of the coronavirus is helping Bay Area scientists unlock the ...
On the front lines fighting the coronavirus: I took a COVID-19 contact tracing course
In the Before Times, there were only about 2,200 contact tracers for the whole US, according to the Association of ...
The ’airborne virus scientist’ public health officials turn to to assess dangers from COVID-19 in the air
[Aerosol scientist Dr. Linsey Marr’s] scientific curiosity and her multidisciplinary background have made her one of the world’s leading scientists ...
The dangerous spread of coronavirus misinformation and magical thinking
Although credentialed scientists have been very clear that there is currently no cure for coronavirus, magical thinking of the pseudoscience ...
COVID-19 recoverers appear to rapidly lose antibodies, leaving them vulnerable to reinfection within months
Infections caused by coronavirus cousins such as SARS and MERS result in antibodies that remain in the body for nearly ...
Have we done enough to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 infections?
As we are seeing the beginning of the end of the first wave of COVID-19, the burning question is – ...
Infographic: Animal origins or lab leak? Tracing coronavirus back to the source
Since the pandemic began, the question of where the coronavirus came from has been one of the biggest puzzles. It ...
Population health vs personalized medicine? Coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of multiple approaches
“If we are to advance health care in the United States, where is the dollar best spent? Is it spent ...
Polio vaccines are inexpensive, easily available, already approved—and they might work wonders against COVID-19
Recent reports indicate that COVID-19 may result in suppressed innate immune responses. Therefore, stimulation by live attenuated vaccines [such as ...
COVID-19 coronavirus could ‘die out’ on its own without a vaccine, health expert suggests
Prof Matteo Bassetti, head of the infectious diseases clinic at the Policlinico San Martino hospital in Italy, told The Telegraph ...
COVID-19 vaccine development efforts focusing on protecting the elderly
Older adults are especially susceptible to infection by the virus, and at higher risk of falling critically ill and dying, ...
Genetic engineering key to developing COVID-19 vaccine
Scientists throughout the world are engaged in a herculean effort to develop a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus that has ...
COVID-19 ‘hot spots’ popping up across Africa. They might smolder for years to come
Across Africa, government numbers show coronavirus infections have been significantly lower than in other parts of the world. But from ...
Viewpoint: We can’t blame genetics for government ‘indifference, missteps and political calculations’ in COVID-19 deaths
The influx of geneticists studying Covid-19 is good news; brilliant minds that examine a problem from different perspectives is our ...
Video: Race protests did not lead to a surge in COVID-19 cases
Looking at raw data and simply saying that Coronavirus cases in the USA are “rising” just because the “number of ...
Hospitals face chronic shortages of injectable opioids. The COVID-19 pandemic made things worse.
For years, hospitals chased supplies, sometimes resorting to inferior substitutes. The shortfall grew so dire in 2018 that a drugmaker ...
Blood type and COVID-19 severity: Type O may help; Type A may hurt, study says
Scientists who compared the genes of thousands of patients in Europe found that those who had Type A blood were ...
How the COVID-19 pandemic has emboldened ‘armchair’ virologists
[W]hen the Olympics are being broadcast, I transform into an armchair commentator, catching a full-blown case of what I like ...
‘This virus has ruined my life’: Some COVID-19 patients have suffered through symptoms for months—with no end in sight
About 80 percent of [COVID-19] infections, according to the World Health Organization, “are mild or asymptomatic,” and patients recover after ...
How supercomputing is taking on the COVID-19 pandemic
In “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams, the haughty supercomputer Deep Thought is asked whether he can ...
African experts urge a ‘special focus’ on agriculture in post COVID recovery
African experts are urging governments across the continent to give a “special focus” to agriculture in the post-COVID-19 recovery era ...
Podcast: WHO was wrong about COVID; Pandemics make women cheat? Rampant fraud threatens organic farming
Infectious disease experts have blasted the World Health Organization for telling the public that asymptomatic patients rarely spread COVID-19. Pandemics ...
Another COVID-19 casualty: ‘Major delays’ for gene therapy trials for rare diseases
While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic won’t have much of an impact on cash available for new biotech startups, it has ...
Regeneron’s COVID-19 antibody ‘cocktail’ therapy enters clinical trials—could be ready for emergency use in the fall
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said [June 11 that] it is beginning to test in humans a potential coronavirus drug, the latest ...
US employers turning to pricey and unproven COVID-19 antibody testing
Across America, untold numbers of employers, employees and ordinary citizens are turning to a slew of sometimes pricey new COVID-19 ...
