Covid

I've had several requests for comment on this recent PNAS paper, which talks about integration of SARS-CoV-2 sequences into the DNA of human cells. I'm glad to do it, but right off I have to note that a lot of the attention that it's getting seems (sadly) to be coming from anti-vaccine activists, wh

"It's been a success," said County Executive Mark Poloncarz. "We figured it would be pretty good, but now we're seeing the results."

We already lived with a system that did not value care. What changed with the pandemic that so ruffled the feathers of the nation’s papers of record?

68-year-old Jeff Foxon came home after being in a hospital and rehab for seven weeks. His welcoming committee was his two grandkids.

This is the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States to be assessed for full approval from the FDA.

A lumber frenzy has taken over homebuilding, Home Depot, and the internet.

In the United States, the analysis estimates, 905,000 people have died of Covid since the start of the pandemic.

The number of Americans getting their first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine is growing daily. Use these charts to track how the nation is doing administering vaccinations overall or see how your state is fairing specifically. Watch this page as more people become eligible, medical professionals work through existing doses, and the Food and Drug Administration potentially approves new vaccines.

"No serious safety concerns have been identified to date," Moderna said about the trial on teens.

Starting Monday, visitors at the Massachusetts vaccination super-sites can walk in without an appointment, with the exception of Gillette Stadium.

The decision by the Biden administration to support the proposal comes after months of fruitless talks at the World Trade Organization.

The Cambridge-based company said the results are preliminary but promising.

The announcement comes as President Joe Biden directed pharmacies participating in the federal vaccine program to make the shots more easily available.

I've been getting a lot of questions in the last few days about several Spike-protein-related (and vaccine-related) topics, so I thought this would be a good time to go into them. There's been a recent report about the vascular effects of the Spike protein alone (not coronavirus infection per se), a

Last summer, the pandemic was in its first wave and the nation was in chaos. A lack of federal leadership left each state to figure out how to interpret the science, and many states punted public h…

Looking for a convenient way to get a coronavirus vaccine? Walmart is now offering walk-in appointments.

There are certain side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine that may indicate a person was at one time infected with the coronavirus, according to a new study.

Moderna said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine could be stored at refrigerator temperatures and remain stable for up to three months.

The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza

In the last post, I mentioned the Twitter response to the Brazilian rejection of the Gamaleya vaccine. I believe that the official blue-check-marked "Sputnik V" Twitter account is run by the Russian Direct Investment Fund, the sovereign-wealth part of the Russian state that is in charge of rolling o

We have two pieces of news about the Gamaleya Institute's "Sputnik-V" vaccine today. Neither of them are going to be enjoyable to go into. First off, many may have heard that the Brazilian regulatory authorities had a hearing yesterday to see if this vaccine would be approved for use there. They

The chamber of horrors the country now finds itself in was not caused by any one man, or any single government.

Ah, sleep. That restorative eight hours that you may or may not be getting every night actively combats stress while keeping you healthy, alert, and strengthening your immune system. This is why there are so many gummies, salves, potions and other…

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday announced that Massachusetts will soon enter its final phase of reopening as more people become fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

CDC data shows about 8% of Americans have missed that important second dose -- up from about 3.4% in March.

The pandemic brought a record uptick in deaths, interrupted a downward trend in death rates and spurred the highest death rate above normal ever recorded in the country.

The CDC and WHO guidelines fail to factor in the amount of time spent indoors, which increases the chance of transmission the longer people are inside.

Germany was returning to normal last summer. Then Covid-19 surged.

Scientists at Texas A&M say they've detected a new Covid-19 variant that shows signs of causing more severe illness and appears to be resistant to antibodies.

Average daily Covid-19 counts in Michigan, Massachusetts, and other states have started to fall, hinting at a relatively normal summer.