Coronavirus Delta Variant
Moderna Says Trial Suggests Redesigned Vaccines Protect Against Variants
Given the ability of the Omicron variant to evolve, Dr. Burton said, “I think we have to just assume it is going to be major player, still, in the fall.” Moderna’s researchers measured levels of antibodies — the body’s first line of defense in warding off infection from the coronavirus. Other immune responses that also […]
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Does My Mask Protect Me Against Covid-19 If Others Don’t Wear One?
If I’m the only person wearing a mask on a plane or subway train, in a store or at another indoor location, am I really protected from infection? It’s true that masks work best when everyone around you is wearing one. That’s because when an infected person wears a mask, a large percentage of the […]
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Is the Coronavirus in Your Backyard?
There are many theories, none entirely satisfying. An infectious hunter might encounter a deer, Dr. Mubareka noted, but “if they’re good at hunting,” she added, “it’s a terminal event for the deer.” If an infected hiker “sneezes and the wind is blowing in the right direction, it could cause an unlucky event,” said Dr. Tony […]
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Habrá otra variante del coronavirus. El mundo debe estar preparado
Cada vez que surge una nueva variante del coronavirus, el mundo sigue un patrón similar. Los científicos divulgan sus hallazgos y se desata el pánico. No se toman suficientes medidas entre cada ola para la prevención o preparación ante la próxima. La variante ómicron tomó a gran parte del mundo por sorpresa. No debido a […]
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Biden’s Pandemic Fight: Inside the Setbacks of the First Year
WASHINGTON — Dr. Rochelle Walensky was stunned. Working from her home outside Boston on a Friday night in late July, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had just learned from members of her staff that vaccinated Americans were spreading the coronavirus. Vaccines had been the core of President Biden’s pandemic strategy […]
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How Does Getting a Breakthrough Covid Case Affect My Immunity?
Experts also caution against trying to get infected on purpose as a way to gain hybrid immunity. “I really worry that people will intentionally get infected so they can get to this ‘new normal’,” said Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist at Bellevue Hospital Center. The virus is unpredictable, and even young people can […]
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For Coronavirus Testing, the Nose May Not Always Be Best
The complications Saliva also has trade-offs. While the virus appears to build up in saliva early, the nose may be a better place to detect it later in the course of infection. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology found that while the virus often spiked first in saliva, it ultimately rose to higher levels […]
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Disruption, Dismay, Dissent: Americans Grapple With Omicron
CHICAGO — With infection rates mounting, the Omicron variant has ushered in a new and disorienting phase of the pandemic, leaving Americans frustrated and dismayed that the basic elements they thought they understood about the coronavirus are shifting faster than ever. There were reasons for heightened concern and reasons for consolation: Omicron is more transmissible […]
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How Biden and Boris Johnson Reached the Same Place on Virus Policy
LONDON — On the evening of Dec. 21, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared from 10 Downing Street to tell anxious Britons they could “go ahead with their Christmas plans,” despite a surge in new coronavirus cases. At nearly the same moment, President Biden took to a White House podium to give Americans a similar greenlight. […]
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