COVID vaccines saved at least 140,000 lives as of early May
The vast majority of current COVID hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated people.
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With Delta surging, it’s time to talk about upgrading masks
Cloth masks just don't cut it anymore.
A year and a half in the pandemic, where do we stand on COVID-19 treatments?
Vaccines are the way out of the pandemic. But having access to effective treatments can also save many lives.
Moderna is better than Pfizer against the Delta variant
Fully vaccinated people can still get infected with SARS-CoV-2, but their risk of hospitalization and death is very low.
High cholesterol drug could reduce SARS-CoV-2 infection by 70%
The licensed drug treats high cholesterol in the blood and may also work in treating COVID-19 patients.
Sydney extends lockdown for another month as coronavirus cases keep mounting
Low vaccination rates have plunged Australia's cities into repeated lockdowns.
What Benjamin Franklin’s battles with a deadly virus that swept Colonial America can teach us about our own struggles with anti-vaxxers
When Bostonians in 1721 faced a deadly smallpox outbreak, a new procedure called inoculation was found to help fend off ...
All the SARS-CoV-2 viruses in the world weigh as little as an apple and as much as a small toddler
The estimate could help scientists better understand how the virus infects and mutates inside the human body.
We’ve identified a gene variant that seems to make people immune to the effects of COVID — but not to catching the virus
We're learning more and more about how the virus spreads, and how our own bodies help that process.
COVID-19 hit stock markets as it spread from country to country
However, Chinese markets escaped the brunt of the damage.
COVID-19 survivors, even those who weren’t very sick, have a 50% greater risk of death
"It is not an exaggeration to say that long COVID-19 is America's next big health crisis," said concerned scientists.
India sets grim record of 400,000 coronavirus cases per day
Experts fear even this is an undercount.
You didn’t have side effects to the COVID vaccine. But does that mean you’re less protected?
Most people don't experience side effects to the COVID vaccines. Here's why you shouldn't be particularly worried.
Pregnant women with COVID 22x higher risk of dying than uninfected
Pregnant women with COVID were 5x more likely to be admitted to an ICU.
Worried about a new pandemic? This app classifies the viruses most likely to jump to other species
This online tool ranks the scariest animal-borne viruses that either crossed or have the potential to cross species barriers.
40,000 children in the U.S. have been orphaned due to COVID
For every 13th COVID-related death, a child loses one parent.
Scientists reverse-engineered the Moderna vaccine, post RNA sequence online for free
It's like open-source software now.
Studies suggest COVID-19 may cause hearing loss
Another reason to hate COVID.
A foray into the British variant: why B.1.1.7 matters, and how worried should we be about it
No rest for weary doctors watching coronavirus variants.
Europe to resume AstraZeneca’s vaccination as drug regulator says it’s safe
Still, a warning label will be added to the vaccine