A 50-year-old white male doctor in the Northeast, earning more than $200,000, is more than seven times likely to be vaccinated than a 45-year-old Black female nursing assistant in the South who earns less than $50,000, according ...
Feb 22, 2021
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The first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination is 85 percent effective against coronavirus infection between two and four weeks after inoculation, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal.
Feb 19, 2021
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A new wireless system can sense when N95 facemasks are properly decontaminated in moist heat.
Feb 17, 2021
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South Africa launched its long-awaited coronavirus vaccine campaign on Wednesday while also becoming the first country worldwide to administer inoculations by US pharma giant Johnson & Johnson.
Feb 17, 2021
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South Africa said Tuesday it would offer its doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine to the African Union (AU) after scrapping their use due to efficacy concerns.
Feb 16, 2021
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Most countries are still only vaccinating the elderly and healthcare workers, but one US town hit hard by the coronavirus is already offering doses to everyone age 18 and over.
Feb 15, 2021
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Although clinical trial data are encouraging, real-world evidence with regard to the COVID-19 vaccine remains scarce. In particular, response to the vaccine among those previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 is still not completely ...
Feb 11, 2021
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High-volume aspirators are recommended in dental clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the study "SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity Among Dental Staff and the Role of Aspirating Systems" published in the JDR Clinical & Translational ...
Feb 8, 2021
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There is an urgent need for guidelines on how schools can use ventilation to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, according to doctors at Imperial College London and the headteacher of a secondary school ...
Feb 6, 2021
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With its 1.3 billion population, India has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus infections—more than 10.8 million—but new cases and deaths have fallen sharply in recent weeks.
Feb 5, 2021
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