President Biden’s plan to offer COVID-19 vaccine boosters to Americans this fall is raising eyebrows among some scientists.
August 18, 2021
Worrisome data on breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated in the US persuaded the Biden administration to embrace a COVID-19 booster strategy that will start as early as mid-September,
August 17, 2021
Misinformation-fueled skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines has reached a new level in the US: Some patients in need of lifesaving blood transfusions are asking for blood from unvaccinated people.
August 6, 2021
Africa’s COVID-19 deaths hit a record high for the week ending August 1, the
August 5, 2021
Don’t be greedy. Think of others less fortunate. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave an Ethics 101 lecture yesterday to wealthy countries eyeing COVID-19 booster shots for their citizens rather than sharing with poorer countries.
August 4, 2021
South Korea has reported its first 2 cases of the “Delta plus” COVID-19 variant—both had been fully vaccinated with the AstraZeneca jab, officials said Tuesday,
August 3, 2021
China is moving quickly on multiple fronts—using lockdowns and mass testing—to quash new COVID-19 outbreaks in the eastern part of the country,
August 2, 2021
Nearly 18 months into the pandemic, the tiny island nation of Tonga still enjoys an extraordinary status: zero reported COVID-19 cases. The country, population 105,000, is one of 6 Pacific Island nations that are still COVID-free, according to official numbers. As a…
August 2, 2021
The beleaguered COVAX alliance to distribute COVID-19 vaccines around the world should soon get a boost of 500 million donated doses—but it’s still half a billion doses shy of its goal, just as the Delta variant deepens the threat for many poor countries.
July 30, 2021
It’s well-known that that COVID-19 vaccines are not 100% effective.