Dear Wake County Public School System School Board, I am a pediatric infectious disease physician, virologist, immunologist, vaccinologist, and parent, previously at Duke and now the Department Chair of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Weill Cornell Med […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reflected as much on the past year as he did his priorities for 2021 during a State of the State address Tuesday that touted his response to […]
How are experts tracking variants of the coronavirus? Scientists are scanning virus samples taken from infected people to look for mutations, through a process called genome sequencing. It’s the same method researchers have been using […]
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s allotment of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine is expected to arrive in the state on Wednesday. The federal government on Saturday, Feb. 27 authorized the distribution of the J&J […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, two Democratic governors on opposite ends of the country were hailed as heroes for their leadership in a crisis. Now they’re leaders on the ropes. […]
RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper on Feb. 24 announced he was lifting the state’s curfew on Friday, Feb. 26 and some capacity limits will be eased. A day earlier, on Tuesday, news outlets began to report […]
BEIRUT — The World Bank threatened Tuesday to suspend financing for coronavirus vaccines in Lebanon over what it said were violations by members of parliament who were inoculated without registering in advance. Such a move […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Executives from the major COVID-19 vaccine producers answered questions Tuesday from Congress about expanding the supply of shots needed to curb the pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans. The hearing […]
BERLIN — The head of the World Health Organization pleaded with rich countries on Monday to check before ordering additional COVID-19 vaccine shots for themselves whether that undermines efforts to get vaccine shots to poorer […]
Does wearing two masks provide more protection? It depends, but it’s possible that doubling up could help in some situations. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends wearing a cloth mask made with […]
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