Enlarge / Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty | Samuel Corum) Dr. Simone Gold, a prominent anti-vaccine doctor who founded a group notorious for widely peddling COVID-19 misinformation, pleaded guilty on Thursday to joining the insurrectionists who violently attacked […]
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How kids’ COVID vaccines are holding up in the real world amid omicron surge
Enlarge / A nurse gives a 16-year-old a COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | Sopa images) New data on the real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in children and teens largely mirrors what we’ve seen in adults so far: Vaccine effectiveness is strong against the delta coronavirus variant but takes a significant hit when up against omicron. […]
Russia attacked Ukrainian hospitals, violating humanitarian law, WHO says
Enlarge / KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 28: A mother tends to her baby under medical treatment in the bomb shelter of the pediatric ward of Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital on February 28, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (credit: Getty | Chris McGrath ) The World Health Organization on Wednesday said Russia is in violation associated with international […]
Researchers may have ID’ed first deer-to-human SARS-CoV-2 transmission
(credit: .imelda / Flickr) One of the more disturbing aspects of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is its ability to readily hop between a variety of species, ranging from domesticated animals like cats and mink to wild deer. This creates a potential risk. While spreading in other animals, the virus can pick up mutations that make it […]
Top CEOs react to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with fears of contagion and hits to GDP
“2022 may not be the barn burner GDP growth that everyone was expecting,” says FedEx founder Fred Smith. Read More
Moderna chair’s advice to have more COVID-19 vaccine–style breakthroughs: ‘Trust your crazy ideas’
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COVID’s spread within hospitals hit all-time high amid omicron wave
Enlarge / A health care worker treats a patient inside a negative pressure room in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Spread of COVID-19 within US hospitals hit a record high in January, with more than 3,000 hospital-acquired infections each […]
Justin Bieber Tests Positive For COVID-19
Justin Bieber has tested positive for COVID-19. Hours ago, earlier on Sunday morning, we reported that Queen Elizabeth was “ experiencing mild cold-like symptoms” after it was announced that she tested good this weekend as part of this ongoing worldwide pandemic. And now it would appear that the Canadian pop star is also dealing with […]
Queen Elizabeth Tests Positive For COVID-19 Amid ‘A Number Of Cases’ At Windsor Castle
The Queen has tested positive for COVID-19. Britain’ s Queen Elizabeth II has come down with a case of the coronavirus as we enter the beginning of the third year of the worldwide pandemic. Buckingham Palace announced the particular unfortunate news early on Sunday morning. Related: Tyrese Mourns Beloved Mother’ s Death Following COVID Diagnosis […]
Omicron subvariant BA.2 continues global rise as experts assess mixed data
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency) A sub-lineage of the omicron coronavirus variant, dubbed BA.2, continues to increase steadily around the globe as scientists and health officials are still working to understand the risk it poses to public health. So far, the overall data has been a mix. Some recent laboratory and animal data […]