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‘Vaccine nationalism’: Will the spoils go to the victors in the vaccine race?
Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine candidates are currently being developed. The way emerging vaccines will be distributed to those who need them ...
35% of Americans say they will not get a FDA approved COVID vaccine even if free
With more indications that a vaccine could be close, the next question for health professionals, policymakers and political leaders will ...
Are children as vulnerable to COVID as adults? Latest research says ‘yes’
Several studies and reports published in recent weeks found coronavirus infections among children of all ages at places ranging from ...
FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn: ‘Decisions about approving vaccines will be based solely on good science’
The framework in the United States to support a covid-19 vaccine is now in place. Testing is underway and manufacturing ...
Sputnik V: Putin claims win in ‘vaccine race,’ as Russia registers first COVID-19 shot amid concerns it is compromising safety
Russia registered the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, President Vladimir Putin said, marking a milestone in the fight against the novel ...
Older coronavirus victims 350 percent likelier to experience symptoms than 10-19 year olds
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a markedly low proportion of cases among children. Age disparities in observed cases could be ...
97,000 school-age children tested positive for COVID-19 in late July — most had no or mild symptoms
Pictures of packed school hallways in Georgia and news of positive tests on the first day of classes in Indiana ...
How to make $2000: Volunteer to get a COVID-19 test vaccine
During the next two months, vaccine makers hope to recruit 60,000 Americans to roll up their sleeves to test the ...
Vaccines will be in short supply when developed. Here’s a way to prioritize who gets one
A preliminary plan devised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this spring gives priority to health care workers, then ...
Gene mutation makes some people more susceptible to the coronavirus
[R]esearch published in the Journal of the American Medical Association analysed variation of the genetic makeup of four young male patients ...
COVID-19 conspiracy theories give people the feeling of being in control
A few weeks ago, I took an uncomfortable trip down the rabbit hole of Covid-19 conspiracy theory videos. As a newly ...
Viewpoint: While ‘elitist academics’ praise local food ‘industrial farming’ feeds us during a pandemic
With the world COVID-19 pandemic in its sixth month, food activists are back to trumpeting locally grown, and even home ...
Covid-19 targets poor service workers in densely populated enclaves. Can we turn that around?
California is a large and complex state, and our coronavirus challenge, too, is anything but straightforward. In fact, the best way to ...
How church during COVID turned deadly: 91 infected, 2 dead in Ohio after attending a service
Gov. Mike DeWine said in a press briefing [August 4] that [a] worshiper attended a service at an undisclosed church ...
Beyond anti-vax activism, what could slow embrace of COVID-19 vaccines? Production and logistics
Once a vaccine is approved, every American won't be able to get it at once. That sets up the unenviable ...
How COVID-19 kills
Nine of every 10 students worldwide shut out of their schools at one point. More than 7 million flights grounded ...
‘I was wrong’: Why we shouldn’t start giving COVID-19 vaccinations now
I wrote a blog post [on August 2] that has generated tremendous pushback, including an op-ed in the New York Times as well as ...
Viewpoint: How COVID-19 has brought America to its knees
Despite ample warning, the U.S. squandered every possible opportunity to control the coronavirus. And despite its considerable advantages—immense resources, biomedical ...
Video: Death by COVID: The projected grim toll in historical context
The latest statistics, as of July 10, show COVID-19-related deaths in U.S. are just under 1,000 per day nationally, which is ...
Viewpoint: China should not be given a pass for its central role in creating the COVID-19 scourge
[A]s evidence grows that the… deadly Covid-19 pandemic may stem from a Wuhan virology lab’s accidental leak followed by a ...
90 quack COVID cures and counting: Dr. Joe Mercola added to FDA list of fraudsters promoting bogus cures
[T]he FDA has issued more than 90 warning letters about fraudulent products claiming to prevent or cure the disease. While the bulk ...
Vindication? As global coronavirus hot spots surge, Sweden’s case load plunges
Sweden’s latest Covid-19 figures suggest it’s rapidly bringing the virus under control. “That Sweden has come down to these levels ...
DIY COVID-19 vaccine? George Church, other scientists experimenting with home brewed versions
Nearly 200 covid-19 vaccines are in development, and some three dozen are at various stages of human testing. But in ...
Anti-viral drugs might be safer, more effective, and easier to develop than COVID-19 vaccines
Clinicaltrials.gov, the most commonly used registry for worldwide medical research, listed 1358 clinical trials on the [COVID-19], including using scores ...
Inflammation-fighting foods could help you weather lockdown-induced anxiety, depression
Uma Naidoo is a nutritional psychiatrist and author of the new book “This is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable ...
Pew poll: 1-in-4 Americans believe ‘powerful people planted COVID-19’
[A] conspiracy theory circulating widely online… alleges that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak. And a quarter of U.S. adults see at ...
‘America’s Frontline Doctors’? Who are the far-right PACs funding ‘quack’ MDs that recommend ‘no masks’ and ‘use hydroxychloroquine’?
[T]he latest video to go viral from apparent experts, quietly backed by dark money political organizations, [evangelized] treatments for or ...
Another Phase III study finds hydroxychloroquine ineffective
[H]ydroxychloroquine – the malaria and autoimmune disease drug that President Donald Trump promoted as a potential “game changer” early in ...
