China refused to hand over key data to WHO team probing pandemic’s origin
The Chinese government failed to share key data on early COVID-19 cases with a team of international scientists investigating how the pandemic began.
Category: Science
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A recent modelling study painted a reassuring picture of a post-pandemic future in which SARS-CoV-2 transitions, over “a few years to a few decades”, from dangerous pathogen to just… Read More
MOSCOW — Russia cleared a hurdle in its vaccine rollout on Monday with the publication in the respected British medical journal The Lancet of late-stage trial results… Read More
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Novavax’s Vaccine Works Well — Except on Variant First Found in South Africa
Novavax, a little-known company supported by the U.S. federal government’s Operation Warp Speed, said for the first time on Thursday that its Covid-19 vaccine offered robust protection…
It is presumptuous to assume that we are worthy of special attention from advanced species in the Milky Way. We may be a phenomenon as uninteresting to them as… Read More
The new UK coronavirus variant may be 30% more deadly, Boris Johnson said on Friday as he warned of stricter travel curbs and continued lockdown measures while the infection… Read More
Talking may lead to more transmission of COVID-19 than coughing does, particularly in poorly ventilated spaces, a new study finds. Read More
Alison Stribling has learned a lot about infectious disease since she transferred onto Covid-19 response at the health department in Contra Costa County near San Francisco. One of her discoveries:… Read More