Adults over 50 are a priority for the COVID-19 vaccine. But many would rather wait
You'd think everyone is eager to get on with their post-pandemic lives as quickly as possible. Well, not really.
Tag: COVID-19
After Pfizer and Moderna, flurry of new coronavirus vaccines are almost ready
It's the most optimistic scenario we have for vaccine development.
Elon Musk is acting like a ‘Space Karen’, says scientist in hilarious Twitter tirade
The billionaire inventor made some silly, entitled statements -- and the internet took note.
These are the “superspreader” places where you’re most at risk of getting COVID-19
Best avoid them to stay safe.
Denmark halts plan to cull minks en-masse over coronavirus concerns
The government fears a Covid-19 mutation might impact the effectiveness of future vaccines.
Can aspirin reduce the risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients?
Maybe... if we look at a new study.
Anti-COVID-19 measures could lead to large, delayed outbreaks of other diseases if we don’t prepare
There never seems to be a shortage of diseases.
In Europe, air pollution fell while plastic use rose during the lockdown
Lockdowns across Europe had a mixed effect on the environment.
How Tokyo’s voluntary lockdown averted a massacre in one of the world’s most crowded cities
The Japanese weren’t ‘made’ to stay at home and social distance. They chose to and in doing so they averted ...
This genetic microlab can detect COVID-19 in mere minutes
It could change the way we test for the novel coronavirus.
Can weather help against the coronavirus? New study says ‘no, but behavior can’
So you know, stay at home, watch a movie.
Slovakia wants to test its entire population for coronavirus, but the project is challenging
Logistical and technical issues make the project difficult to carry out.
Taiwan just went 200 days without a single domestic coronavirus case
No other place has reached such a milestone.
Aerosol microdroplets aren’t very good at carrying COVID-19, new laser study shows
The risk is real, but not very large, researchers say.
Another study connects COVID-19 to a lack of Vitamin D
80% of COVID-19 patients have vitamin D deficiency, a Spanish study found, compared to 40% for the general population
The mystery of coronavirus loss of smell may be rooted in the brain
Changes in the metabolism of sugar in the brain may be responsible for the characteristic loss of sense of smell.
If all Americans wore masks, 130,000 lives could be saved
We're probably headed for a grim winter, a new study concludes. But there are ways to alleviate that.
FDA approves first Ebola treatment
An important step forward in the fight to eradicate Ebola.
To keep COVID-19 at bay in classrooms, open windows and use glass screens in front of desks
Classrooms had better keep the windows open.
People with blood type O may face lower risk of coronavirus infection or have milder symptoms
More evidence show link between blood type and coronavirus risk