3 lessons learned from issues with Stanford’s vaccine distribution algorithm
Stanford found itself in hot water last week after deploying a faulty Covid-19 vaccine distribution algorithm, offering a cautionary tale that extends far beyond the university's own doors.
WATCH: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine set for approval in U.S. with panel endorsement
The FDA reviewers said that the two-dose vaccine “was highly effective” in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 from occurring “at least 14 days after the receipt of the second dose.”…
Trump is receiving a steroid usually given to patients with severe COVID-19
The announcement from Trump’s medical team Sunday morning that the president is on dexamethasone is sure to increase speculation about the president’s illness and was at odds with the generally upbeat description of his condition provided by his physicians.
How Pinterest beat back vaccine misinformation
Pinterest has taken a hardline strategy against health misinformation, and in particular, vaccine falsehoods.
Using temperature checks to find contagious people is like trying to catch tennis balls in a soccer net: way too many can get through.
Here’s a guide to some of the most talked-about efforts to treat or prevent coronavirus infection.
New research finds that black mothers who were exposed to police shootings of unarmed black Americans during pregnancy were more likely to give birth to infants who were born prematurely or with low birth weight. Living within 1 kilometer of…
The first two patients to receive a CRISPR-based treatment for the inherited blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia have benefited from the experimental therapy and experienced only temporary and treatable side effects.
Researchers describe combining a "jumping gene" with CRISPR enzymes to deliver a a package of DNA to precise addresses in the E. coli genome.
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