Enlarge (credit: Getty ) A recent baking trend of using “luster dusts” to give cake frostings and decorations a shimmery look has poisoned young children with heavy metals in at least two states, health researchers warn in a new report published Friday . A toxic birthday cake for a 1-year-old left six children (ages 1 […]
Enlarge / A vial of the current Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | Ivan Romano) Researchers have given out the first jabs of a tweaked version of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, one aimed at fighting one of the most concerning coronavirus variants—the B.1.351 variant, first identified in South Africa. The jabs are part of an early […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty| NurPhoto) A board of independent experts tasked with monitoring the data and safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial has raised a red flag about the company’s press release yesterday, which trumpeted that the vaccine was 79 percent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19. In the wee hours of Tuesday, the National Institute of […]
Expand / Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, wore a Washington Nationals protective mask following a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (charge: Getty | Bloomberg) A public affairs officer in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is […]