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Some hospitals face dangerous staff shortages as January COVID vaccination deadlines loom
Some hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers are preparing to operate without up to a third of their staff ...
‘Improper medical exemptions’? Some doctors are helping parents circumvent California’s student COVID vaccine mandate
As some California parents scramble for ways around a new Covid-19 vaccine mandate for schools, the state is increasingly scrutinizing ...
COVID vaccine manufacturing is finally ramping up — but people in low-income countries still can’t access shots
After months of severe shortages, Covid-19 vaccine supplies for the world’s poorest nations are finally ramping up. But many countries ...
Glaxo-Vir COVID antibody drug appears effective against Omicron variant
Early laboratory studies suggest that a Covid-19 antibody treatment developed by GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Vir Biotechnology Inc. is effective against ...
Preventing the next pandemic: Inside the quest to find a universal vaccine against all coronaviruses
An emerging-infectious-diseases researcher with the U.S. Army, Dr. [Kayvon] Modjarrad is pursuing a vaccine to protect against a range of ...
A year after infection and still experiencing lingering COVID symptoms? Here’s what we know now about long COVID
Some people who have had Covid-19 are still experiencing lingering symptoms weeks, months or as much as a year after ...
Opposed to COVID vaccine mandates? You won’t find relief in courts
A range of people—from nurses to firefighters to students—have filed lawsuits objecting to the mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations imposed by states ...
Vaccinations might reduce likelihood of developing long COVID — and could help some people with lingering symptoms feel better
Millions of people suffer from symptoms of long Covid, doctors estimate. Now, early research is offering some clues about whether ...
Exxon partnership hopes to turn algae into fuel. Is it a potential climate change breakthrough — or just greenwashing?
Some scientists regard Exxon Mobil Corp.’s long-running quest to turn algae into a transportation fuel as little more than a ...
How Israel got a jump on the rest of the world in COVID booster rollouts
Throughout the global effort against Covid-19, Israel’s public health experts have been consistently ahead of their counterparts elsewhere in the ...
The American bumblebee species is in decline in the US. Here’s why
The [American bumblebee] species has vanished from at least eight states, mostly in the Northeast, according to the Center for ...
Backlash against vaccine, masking and tracking policies reverberates through some college campuses
Life on college campuses is as close to pre-pandemic normalcy as it has been in 18 months, but as the ...
Are you risking your health to fly on planes with COVID still raging? Here’s what the science says
The chances of viral spread aboard planes remain very low. But papers published in medical journals suggest they may not ...
Vaccination mandates could disrupt regular NBA season and derail some teams’ playoff expectations
For months, sports organizations encouraged—but did not require—athletes to get the shot. They offered the advice of their medical professionals, ...
Viewpoint: Should it be a crime to steal DNA? Florida’s personal genetic data privacy protection is a model for other states to emulate
Your DNA is among your most valuable assets, and you carry it with you everywhere. But it’s unsecured, easy to ...
If India’s crash vaccine development program is successful, multiple flexible mRNA shots might be available by year’s end
India is preparing to produce its own mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the year, in what would be ...
Viewpoint: More evidence emerges for controversial lab leak COVID origins theory
A coronavirus adapts for its host animal. It takes time to perfect itself for infecting humans. But a pathogen engineered ...
Vaccine divide between wealthier and less developed countries grows larger
Nearly 10 months after the first Covid-19 vaccine became available to the public, the divide between nations that have shots ...
WHO assembles new team to investigate origins of COVID in China or elsewhere
The World Health Organization is reviving its stalled investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 virus as agency officials warn ...
Early humans traversed North America 10,000 years earlier than thought, in what is now New Mexico
For decades, many scientists were convinced that humans first arrived in the Americas as recently as 13,000 years ago, reaching ...
How cyber criminals exploit our ‘lizard brains’ to steal our personal information
Nearly 800,000 people fell victim to cyberscams in 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center ...
How Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to ‘get America vaccinated’ were undermined by… Facebook
In mid-March, Mark Zuckerberg used his Facebook page to announce a goal that was both ambitious and personal. He wanted ...
COVID-fighting pills edge closer to proof-of-efficacy
Osaka-based Shionogi, which helped develop the blockbuster cholesterol drug Crestor, said it designed its pill to attack the Covid-19 virus ...
We have numerous vaccines, but still no effective COVID treatments. Why not?
Nearly a year and a half into the pandemic, researchers are still struggling to find effective, easy-to-use drugs to treat ...
Corporations split over whether to impose vaccine mandates or offer incentives
Business leaders broadly agree they need to get more workers vaccinated to keep the U.S. economy humming in the face ...
‘Beyond beating people at Jeopardy’: Artificial Intelligence takes on the human senses
Even the smartest computers cannot fully understand the world without the ability to see, hear, smell, taste or touch. But ...
Facial recognition systems are the next target for fraudsters. Here’s how to stop them
Facial-recognition systems, long touted as a quick and dependable way to identify everyone from employees to hotel guests, are in ...
