By Jen Christensen Your Covid-19 booster in the fall will likely look a little different going forward. The US Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday to advise manufacturers that when they update the Covid-19 vaccine booster they should add an Omicron...
BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases doctor, said he is experiencing a rebound of COVID-19 symptoms after taking Pfizer’s antiviral drug Paxlovid. Fauci, 81, contracted COVID-19 earlier this month, and while his symptoms were...
According to Department of Labor filings reviewed by LaborLab, Pfizer has hired Labor Relation Institute (LRI) Consulting to "persuade" workers against forming a union. Only certain activities must be reported to the Department of Labor, so it's likely...
As humans encroach on the natural world, more deadly pandemics are likely to follow COVID. Why? As humans encroach on the natural world, more deadly pandemics are likely to follow COVID. Why? Here's everything you need to know: What causes pandemics? Nearly all...
Western experts are blinded by vested interests BY MATT RIDLEY AND ALINA CHAN Covid cases are rising again. In the UK, they have broken through the 200,000 infections-a-day threshold for the first time since April. In America, the sixth wave is well under way. In...
Why can’t the Biden Administration tell the truth about the nonprofit that has funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology? By Paul D. Thacker The Defense Department research agency called DARPA was caught off guard last September when documents leaked showing...
The vaccines seem safe for children and are likely to protect against severe illness. But data on efficacy are thin, and most children have already been infected. By Apoorva Mandavilli t’s a moment many parents have anxiously awaited for months: Children younger than...
Health experts across the United States have told The Washington Post that they are seeing children with multiple viral infections at onceAs the weather warms doctors usually see a decrease in the prevalence of influenza and other viruses associated with the common...
By Frances Stead Sellers At one point last month, children were admitted to Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital with a startling range of seven respiratory viruses. They had adenovirus and rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus, influenza and...
By Deepta Bhattacharya, Dr. Bhattacharya is a professor of immunology at the University of Arizona. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a protracted battle between a generation-defining virus and scientists working at a breakneck pace to fight it. Following the development...
Scientists haven’t found a definitive link between Covid-19 vaccines and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome — but that’s not stopping people online from making that claim By EJ DICKSON On Friday, Justin Bieber took to Instagram to reveal to his fans that he would have to cancel...
By WILL STONE & LYNN JOHNSON ~ Originally published May 18, 2022 Tony Johnson sits on his bed with his dog, Dash, in the one-room home he shares with his wife, Karen Johnson, in a care facility in Burlington, Wash. on April 13, 2022. Johnson was one of the first...
A new clinical trial is the largest to date testing the antiparasitic drug on people with Covid. By Carl Zimmer The antiparasite drug ivermectin does not meaningfully reduce the time needed to recover from Covid, according to a large study posted online Sunday....
A string of negatives can still presage a clear-as-day positive. By Katherine J. Wu In early May, 27-year-old Hayley Furmaniuk felt tired and a bit congested, but after rapid-testing negative for the coronavirus two days in a row, she dined indoors with friends. The...
Researchers are learning more about how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus stifles smell — and how they might revive it. By Michael Marshall Researchers are finally making headway in understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes loss of smell. And a multitude of...