Outbreak
Interactive Infographic: What is the risk of interacting with a COVID-19 positive individual in every county in the US
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‘It’s not premature to plan’: Deciding who gets the coronavirus vaccine first
The new coronavirus’ disproportionate toll on the elderly could put them at the front of the line [for a vaccine] ...
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Daniel Defoe’s account of London’s 1665 bubonic plague offers a shock of recognition
Pandemics have punctuated recorded history going back to ancient Greece and Egypt. However, the novel coronavirus pandemic is unfolding in ...
Infants not at risk for COVID-19? One Texas county alone has had 85 cases, most under 1
The public health director in Nueces County on the Texas Gulf Coast said 85 children under 2 years old, including ...
Kremlin-backed Russian hacker spies tried to steal vaccine research
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said [hackers targeting coronavirus vaccine information] "almost certainly" operated as "part of Russian ...
Missing antibodies: Why herd immunity may be “unachievable” without mass deaths or long-shot vaccine
[A] study of more than 60,000 people estimates that around just 5% of the Spanish population has developed antibodies, the ...
Re-energized anti-vaccine activism is growing on the right and winning the social media battle to discredit coming coronavirus treatments
What does an antivaxxer and a far-right activist have in common? If the thought of someone who opposes vaccines brings ...
Coronavirus sharply disrupting global vaccinations, including HPV, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
The World Health Organization and UNICEF warned [July 15] of an alarming decline in the number of children receiving life-saving ...
Mystery inflammation syndrome connected to COVID-19 in children results in brain damage
[Children with COVID-19] can suffer everything from headaches to muscle weakness, along with visible signs of damage to the brain ...
Japan tamed COVID-19 without lockdowns. Here’s how
By following the science developed by world-renowned experts, Japan has been able to avoid the worst effects of the pandemic ...
Is expecting herd immunity just wishful thinking? Some people are getting COVID-19 twice
[One of my patients has] tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, for a second time — three ...
Viewpoint: Telescoping coronavirus vaccine testing and approval timelines exposes all of us to unnecessary dangers
We all hope for a rapid end to the pandemic and an effective vaccine would be a surefire solution. But ...
Our Neanderthal DNA might explain who gets sickest from COVID-19
[A] small fragment of the genetic code that has been inherited by modern humans from Neanderthals could carry the secret ...
Who is most vulnerable by age and race to die from COVID-19?
While coronavirus is obviously concerning and a very real threat to some people (namely, the elderly and immunocompromised), these data ...
Vaccine race accelerates, as Moderna-NIH partnership drug induces immune responses in all Phase 1 volunteers
[E]arly results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on [July 14], showed that [Moderna’s COVID-19] vaccine worked to ...
NBA doctors worry about long term heart damage to players who get the coronavirus
“What if a 24-year-old catches [COVID-19] in Orlando and, in 14 days, he quarantines and is fine, but then he ...
Trump administration pushing FDA to re-authorize hydroxychloroquine based on recent questionable study
[Trade advisor Peter Navarro is pushing for] a second emergency authorization for the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19, the ...
Structural discrimination: COVID-19 illuminates healthcare inequalities for blacks
The disparities have long been documented. Black people are more likely than white people to die from cancer. They are ...
COVID-19 can be passed from mother to fetus
[COVID-19] can be passed to fetuses and newborns, according to results of a small study released [July 9]. Just two ...
Infographic: COVID-19 herd immunity threshold likely varies from region to region
[A] lot of nuance is involved in calculating exactly how much of the population needs to be immune [to COVID-19] ...
Latest partisan flashpoint: Gap between rising confirmed coronavirus infections and relatively flat death rate
President Donald Trump has brushed off the coronavirus surge by emphasizing the lower death rate, saying that “99 percent of ...
German-made vaccine likely ready by December, but BioNTech CEO says taming coronavirus might take a decade
Several hundred million doses [of a COVID-19 vaccine] could be produced even before approval, and over 1 billion by the ...
‘Zombie cells’ infected with coronavirus sprout ‘ghoulish’ tentacles that reach out and hijack neighbors
Researchers exploring the interaction between the coronavirus and its hosts have discovered that when the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects a human ...
Cytokine storms: This doctor hunting down a COVID-19 treatment the same way he cured his own rare disease
35-year-old associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine [David Fajgenbaum] leads the school's Center for Cytokine ...
Big risk, big rewards: Betting on RNA to make cheaper, faster coronavirus vaccines
[A] promising — but unproven — new generation of vaccine technologies is based on deploying a tiny snip of genetic ...
Crisis on the horizon? Nothing limits virus vaccine makers from charging exorbitant fees
[A] Covid-19 vaccine will have an actual price tag. And given the prevailing business-centric model of American drug pricing, it ...
Testing negative for COVID-19 antibodies? Many people still have some protection against the virus
For every person testing positive for antibodies, two [people with negative tests] were found to have specific T-cells which identify ...
The rich get safer? Developing countries likely last in line to get virus vaccine
Worldwide, about a dozen potential COVID-19 vaccines are in early stages of testing. While some could move into late-stage testing ...
