The B.C.G. tuberculosis vaccine may protect against Covid-19 and other infections by broadly bolstering the immune system. By Roni Caryn Rabin In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when prevention seemed light years away, several scientists launched trials to...
By Roni Caryn Rabin Just weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a comprehensive internal review with an eye toward restructuring, the agency’s director announced on Friday that the team that coordinated the national response to the...
By Roni Caryn Rabin Children who have recovered from Covid-19 appear to be at significantly increased risk of developing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday. A heightened risk of diabetes has...
The research may help explain why people who are overweight and obese have been at higher risk of severe illness and death from Covid. By Roni Caryn Rabin From the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus seemed to target people carrying extra pounds. Patients who were...
More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the yearlong period ending in April, government researchers said. By Roni Caryn Rabin Americans died of drug overdoses in record numbers as the pandemic spread across the country, federal researchers reported on...
Alina Chan suggested last year that the coronavirus was “pre-adapted” to humans. Critical reaction was swift and harsh. By Roni Caryn Rabin In the early days of the pandemic, scientists reported a reassuring trait in the new coronavirus: It appeared to be very stable....
June 29, 2021 ~ New York Times ~ by Roni Caryn Rabin W.H.O. Urges Masking for the Vaccinated, in Split With C.D.C Another city in Australia enters a lockdown as the Delta variant spreads. Mixing vaccines from Pfizer and AstraZeneca provides strong immunity,...