The next Covid vaccine will probably target a single strain of the virus, likely one of the Omicron offshoots known as XBB now circulating widely in the U.S. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
After China said it would relax Covid restrictions, “Thank you, brave young people” became a widely shared comment on Chinese social media. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The CDC recommended use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in children 6 to 17 years, the final step in allowing the shots to become widely available on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Doctors and patients in parts of the U.S. are scrounging for supplies of Covid-19 drugs that vary widely from state to state. “It really is a shot in the dark.” on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Pfizer wanted to study its Covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women, but then the shots became widely available. “It’s hard to enthusiastically recommend the study when you’ve got a vaccine out there,” one doctor said. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
A Canadian couple who were widely criticized for flying to a small Indigenous community in January to get vaccinated pleaded guilty on Wednesday to violating coronavirus restrictions, according to court records. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Researchers aim to get ahead of Covid-19 variants by developing vaccines that target multiple strains—a widely used weapon against other viruses, like pneumonia and the flu on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Using a mathematical model, researchers found that sniff-based tests, if administered sufficiently widely and frequently, might detect enough cases to substantially drive down Covid-19 transmission nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
The triggers for shutting classrooms during the coronavirus pandemic vary widely nationwide, and so do the sets of authorities—whether it's the health department, governor, mayor, school board or teachers union—who make the calls on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Antibody drugs that are in testing and were administered to President Trump could significantly reduce the death rate from Covid-19 once they are approved by regulators and more widely available, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said Tuesday on.wsj.com
@WSJ5 years ago
The most widely available diagnostic test in the U.S. is commonly called a PCR test. Here’s what it means, plus answers to other Covid-19 testing questions. on.wsj.com
@WSJ5 years ago
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are allowing pregnant and lactating women to enrol in two convalescent-plasma trials for Covid-19 patients, giving access to a group that hasn’t been widely included in drug testing for the coronavirus on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
The next Covid vaccine will probably target a single strain of the virus, likely one of the Omicron offshoots known as XBB now circulating widely in the U.S. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
The CDC backed the use of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine in people age 18 and older, paving the way for the shots to become widely available on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
US working to make coronavirus treatment medicines more widely available as Covid cases fall theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Covid-19 test samples and wastewater are helping health officials figure out how widely the Omicron variant might be spreading in the U.S. A glitch in a commonly used test is also making cases easier to find. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Pfizer wanted to study its Covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women, but then the shots became widely available. “It’s hard to enthusiastically recommend the study when you’ve got a vaccine out there,” one doctor said. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Private agencies responsible for testing pilgrims for coronavirus at a Hindu festival in India forged at least 100,000 results, a government report found. The festival, Kumbh Mela, is widely believed to have caused a surge in cases across the country. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Most businesses are optimistic about the economic recovery this year as coronavirus vaccines are more widely distributed and hiring picked up slowly across the country, a Federal Reserve report said Wednesday on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
India's Kumbh Mela festival, widely considered to be the world's largest human gathering, begins amid Covid concerns bbc.in
@nytimesworld4 years ago
In a state election widely seen as a referendum on the Indian government’s coronavirus response, the country's governing party faces a tough fight nyti.ms
@WSJ5 years ago
Covid-19 can be removed as a public-health threat with effective, widely administered vaccines and strong public-health measures, and a degree of normality might return by the end of 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
It's not just dexamethasone. Cheap, widely available steroids help patients survive Covid-19, new studies have found. "I had a big smile on my face when I saw the results." nyti.ms
@WSJ5 years ago
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are allowing pregnant and lactating women to enrol in two convalescent-plasma trials for Covid-19 patients, giving access to a group that hasn’t been widely included in drug testing for the coronavirus on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
First as the health minister and then as the minister for the Covid-19 response, Mr. Hipkins, 44, became the face of — and often the driving force of the policies behind — the country’s stringent, but widely applauded approach to the virus. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Vaccine experts advising the CDC backed the use of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine in adults 18 years and older, one of the last steps before the shots become widely available on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Merck's Covid-19 pill has been more widely used than expected, even though regulators and many doctors consider it a last resort. One factor: limited supplies of rival Pfizer’s more-effective drug. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Covid-19 test samples and wastewater are helping health officials figure out how widely the Omicron variant might be spreading in the U.S. A glitch in a commonly used test is also making cases easier to find. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Pfizer wanted to study its Covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women, but then the shots became widely available; “It’s hard to enthusiastically recommend the study when you’ve got a vaccine out there,” says one doctor on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
The touching story of Joefred and Ralfred Gregory, 24-year-old twins who lived and died together, has resonated widely in India, where more people died from the coronavirus in a single day than in any other country during the pandemic. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Efforts to disseminate Covid-19 vaccines as widely as possible are hitting an unexpected obstacle: health-care workers who decline the shots on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Most economists expect the U.S. labor market to cool until Covid-19 vaccines are widely distributed on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Israel’s second coronavirus lockdown has been less stringent for individuals and more widely flouted than its first. The surprise: It seems to be working. on.wsj.com
@guardian5 years ago
CDC director says coronavirus vaccine won’t be widely available until late 2021 theguardian.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
It's not just dexamethasone. Cheap, widely available steroids help patients survive Covid-19, new studies have found. "I had a big smile on my face when I saw the results." nyti.ms
@WSJ5 years ago
Breaking: The FDA has revoked its emergency-use authorization for two malaria drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, for the treatment of Covid-19. Both were widely touted by President Trump and others as useful in helping coronavirus patients. on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
The CDC signed off on certain young children receiving an updated Covid-19 booster, clearing the way for the shots to be widely available at pediatricians’ offices and other vaccination sites on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
Mark Butler joins calls for Covid anti-viral drugs to be more widely available theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
About 60 percent of the people in Latin America and the Caribbean have been fully vaccinated against Covid, but WHO officials warned that the inoculation rate varies widely from country to country, posing significant risks for some regions. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The Biden administration is looking at ways to make Pfizer’s new Covid-19 antiviral pill more widely available once it gets emergency authorization on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Three medical studies on Monday showed the strength and versatility of widely used coronavirus vaccines, breathing optimism into the fight to end the pandemic. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
The risk of rare but sometimes-deadly blood clotting is roughly eight to 10 times greater in Covid-19 sufferers than among people who have received any of the first three Western-developed vaccines widely available, a study found on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
India has shipped tens of thousands of free doses of Covid-19 vaccines to neighbouring countries in what is being widely described as "vaccine diplomacy" But, what do we know about the vaccines? bbc.in
@WSJ4 years ago
The U.S. is preparing to swiftly distribute a Covid-19 vaccine across all 50 states, each of which will determine who gets priority. But state vaccination plans vary widely and leave many questions unanswered. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Watch: Trump and Biden disagree over the timeframe for a widely available coronavirus vaccine on.wsj.com
@WSJ5 years ago
An analysis showed that giving hospitalized Covid-19 patients steroids significantly reduced deaths, raising hopes for a cheap, widely available treatment on.wsj.com
@WSJ5 years ago
Giving hospitalized Covid-19 patients steroids significantly reduced deaths, a new analysis shows, raising hopes for a cheap, widely available treatment on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld5 years ago
New Zealand has seen 1,154 confirmed cases and 22 deaths from coronavirus, since the virus arrived in late February But it has been widely praised for its handling of the crisis bbc.in