coronavirus
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How Much Should You Worry About the New Coronavirus Mutation?
A new variant of the coronavirus was discovered in the UK, and scientists think it may be more infectious than the more other lineages of the virus that are more common across the world. So how big a deal is this? The short answer: We don’t entirely know yet.
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How mRNA Vaccines Work
The first COVID vaccine to be rolled out in the U.S., the one from Pfizer and BioNTech, is an mRNA vaccine. The second one probably will be too: Moderna’s vaccine is up for consideration this week. We’ve never had an mRNA vaccine in common use before, so you’re not alone if you’re wondering what the…
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How Joe Biden Plans to Tackle COVID in His First 100 Days
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is walking into the White House with the task of steering the United States away from a pandemic that’s killed nearly 290,000 Americans in nine months. As he awaits inauguration, COVID-19 is surging nationally; hospitalisations are inching past their previous highs; unemployment is also at a historic high, and the outgoing…
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We Need to Talk About That Danish ‘Masks Don’t Work’ Study
A recent study of mask wearing in Denmark is being shared as if it proves that masks don’t protect us. That’s not what the study actually says.