Wall Street Journal
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Vaccine danger? Rare complications after getting a shot could increase severity of COVID-19
Vaccines are designed to produce immune-system agents, including antibodies, that lock onto a virus and thereby neutralize it. In cases ...
As COVID rages, here’s now Notre Dame is bringing in-school instruction back
Hundreds of thousands of students will descend on campuses around the country in coming weeks, beginning their fall terms under ...
Do you have the virus? Wearable gadgets might provide clues
For the past three weeks I’ve worn an Oura ring, Fitbit, Garmin fitness band and Apple Watch, along with two ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Early COVID-19 hotspots like New York City and northern Italy may be edging towards herd immunity
There are reasons to think the novel coronavirus began spreading earlier than previously understood, raising the possibility that herd immunity ...
Coronavirus mortality rate averages around 1 percent
Researchers, initially analyzing data from outbreaks on cruise ships and more recently from surveys of thousands of people in virus hot ...
Three vaccines show the most promise in stimulating immune responses
Vaccines being developed by University of Oxford researchers and AstraZeneca; Pfizer and German partner BioNTech; and China’s CanSino Biologics all ...
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 ...
AI blood sample analysis catches cancer early
Most popular DNA screenings for cancer risk test only a single gene site, like BRCA1. But Grail’s chief medical officer ...
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 ...
FDA won’t approve a coronavirus vaccine unless there is ‘clearly demonstrated proof’ it’s effective
[A coronavirus vaccine must] be at least 50% more effective than a placebo in preventing the disease [to be FDA ...
Sports leagues set to resume without knowing COVID-19’s erratic path, randomness and chronic effects
Professional athletes don’t have the luxury of waiting for the outcomes of longitudinal studies of coronavirus patients. Sports are trying ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Illegal to eat ice cream on a cone? Bring your own cutlery to barbecues; No more locally-sourced olive oil in bottles, just plastic pouches: Europe’s ‘baffling’ COVID-19 regulations
Europe is lifting its lockdowns, but the new rules to battle the coronavirus are baffling Europeans as the continent goes ...
3 experimental COVID-19 vaccines set for critical testing phase this summer
The federal government plans to fund and conduct the decisive studies of three experimental coronavirus vaccines starting this summer, according ...
Some COVID-19 survivors may never regain taste or smell, doctors say
Clinicians racing to understand the novel disease are starting to discern an unusual trend: one common symptom—the loss of smell ...
Nestlé ‘Incredible’ plant-based burger violates Impossible Foods’ patent, EU court rules
Nestlé SA must stop branding its plant-based burger “Incredible” after a European court ruled the language infringed on Impossible Foods ...
Infographic: Racing to create affordable at-home test for COVID-19
To stretch beyond the lab, test developers are racing to produce next-stage technologies that could allow for rapid widespread testing ...
Viewpoint: Only a tiny percentage of children face threat of severe coronavirus complications. That risk isn’t high enough to justify lockdowns
Horrific stories are emerging of children developing rashes, cardiac abnormalities and other inflammatory symptoms that are linked to the novel ...
First, we need a coronavirus vaccine. Then we need to figure out who gets it first
Several drugmakers that have been building up their capabilities to make coronavirus vaccines, have pledged to deliver millions of doses ...
Banning Aaron Ginn: Social media sites censoring coronavirus critics who claim lockdown strategy lacks a ‘scientific basis’
Does a pandemic demand the strong medicine of censorship? Social-media companies seem to think so. They’re taking steps to control ...
‘Fragments of dead virus’ preventing recovered coronavirus patients from donating plasma
Close to four weeks after recovering from a Covid-19 infection, Jennie Novakovic went to her local hospital hoping to donate ...
