White House officials have stated that President Joe Biden will spend $4 billion on the international Covid vaccine initiative, COVAX. They further added that President Biden will encourage other nations to offer…
Photo by Hakan Nural on Unsplash Coronavirus infections have strongly declined across England due to strict lockdown measures. A survey conducted by the Imperial College London included 85,000 volunteers taking place for…
Bay Area was discovered to be infected with two new variants of the novel coronavirus after a study conducted by researchers from Stanford University. A spokesperson for the university confirmed the news…
Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University A bad year for flu can mean tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. Getting vaccinated can protect you from influenza, but you have to get…
In a study conducted by Novavax, an American biotech company, their vaccine has shown 89% effectiveness on the U.K. variant of the virus, tested on 15,000 U.K. volunteers. This is in contrast…
Terri Levien, Washington State University and Anne P. Kim, Washington State University Misunderstandings about flu vaccines have existed for decades, leading to vaccine mistrust and lower-than-ideal vaccination rates. Now that a coronavirus…
Ana Santos Rutschman, Saint Louis University Editor’s note: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency in charge of enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, on Dec. 16 said that employers…
William Petri, University of Virginia This week I was vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine, which brought to mind some frequently asked questions about the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. I…
California state vaccine advisers are considering vaccinating the state’s teachers, firefighters, and grocery store and restaurant employees next after the initial doses of the coronavirus vaccine. First recipients of the vaccine There…
David Kennedy, Penn State A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom, with over 1,400 cases since September. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, generally accumulates mutations slowly…