Much like the list of awards she's been winning, Megan Thee Stallion's hair just keeps getting longer and longer. The superstar rapper has been sharing peeks at her natural curls since 2019, when we first got a glimpse at the then-chin-length, layered look she was sporting under the many stunning wigs she wears to perform and attend events; and as […]
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A report released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided additional details into how the earliest months of the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately affected minorities. The study found that as COVID-19 cases in the U.S. increased during the spring and summer, counties with larger populations of minority residents saw more of them. During the first two weeks […]
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PARIS — France’s president says he has no reason to be sorry about refusing to impose a third national lockdown earlier this year, even though surging coronavirus infections are straining his country’s hospitals and more than 1,000 people with the virus are dying every week. President Emmanuel Macron’s government has stressed the importance of keeping children in school and businesses […]
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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Friday planned to roll out what could be the most ambitious attempt ever tried to treat American war fighters poisoned in deployments overseas. The bipartisan bill, modeled on both Agent Orange legislation and the 9/11 health act, aims to help unknown thousands of veterans who got sick after being exposed to toxic substances from massive […]
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AstraZeneca released additional data that it said confirmed efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine after agencies in the US questioned the completeness of data from its interim phase 3 results. In a statement this morning, AstraZeneca said efficacy of its AZD1222 vaccine at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 was 76%, occurring 15 days or more after 2 doses given 4 weeks apart. That […]
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The body’s immune system is a beautiful and complex defense system designed to protect us from infections. In the case of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune conditions, however, these defenses turn on the body. In this feature, we investigate the complicated relationship between the immune system and multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as which way the causal relationship may lie. […]
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A single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine produces a much weaker antibody response in long-term care residents than it does in younger healthy adults, new research has found. The pre-print findings, yet to be peer-reviewed, raise questions about the optimal timing of the second dose of vaccine for older adults. “Results from this study in long-term care facilities in […]
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The COVID vaccine rollout is underway, with Australians lining up to get their jabs. But what if you have already had COVID-19? Is it still a good idea to get vaccinated? Although natural exposure to the virus stimulates immunity, we don’t yet know how long this immunity will last. And people will vary in their ability to mount a protective […]
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A big question among parents and teachers right now is whether their kids will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in time for the fall school semester. Some have wondered whether the vaccine is even necessary for children. Dr. James Wood, a pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatric infectious diseases, explains what doctors know today about the risk children face of getting […]
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Culture matters more than a leader’s gender in how a nation survives a global pandemic, according to a study I conducted on gender and COVID-19 management, which was published in December in the journal PLOS ONE. My co-authors and I examined COVID-19 cases and deaths in 175 countries, 16 of which are led by women. We identified no statistically significant […]
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