June 08, 2021

Research revealed how certain mutations in circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants allow the virus to avoid neutralization by many antibodies.

Officials have pleaded with tech giants to keep the documents off their sites, but Amazon briefly had blank vaccination cards for sale this week. They could land their bearers in prison.

Eduardo Levy Yeyati and Federico Filippini summarize the existing economic literature on the economic and fiscal impact of the pandemic and provide a preliminary estimate of the associated economic cost.

Most COVID-19 vaccines require two doses but a single dose provides partial protection, so it is unclear how best to prioritize vaccine distribution in the context of limited supply. Here, the authors show that campaigns in which some age groups receive one dose while others receive both doses may be optimal.

Nature examines arguments that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 escaped from a lab in China, and the science behind them.

Slavitt said he's leaving the temporary position Wednesday, but warned we 'cannot let our progress be a reason for taking our foot off the pedal.'

There’s worry that rich countries will have fully vaccinated delegations for the COP26 while poorer countries won’t.

Melbourne photographer Alana Holmberg’s series features those who passed by her Brunswick home during the pandemic lockdowns

Matthew M. Hernandez and Ana S. Gonzalez-Reiche and colleagues report evidence of SARSCoV-2 infections in respiratory pathogen-negative nasopharyngeal specimens collected in New York, which date back to over one month before the first officially documented case in the state. The findings provide insights in to the origins of the virus in New York.

The traumas of the past year have left some people wrestling with an awful question: Am I still a good person?

This analysis demonstrates that big cities with populations exceeding 250,000 showed lower population growth in the year the pandemic began than in the previous year, and nearly one-third of them registered their lowest annual growth in the decade.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the COVID-19 variant that originated in India could still spread in the U.S. unless more Americans get vaccinated.

New daily COVID-19 infections have recently hit their lowest numbers since March of 2020.

Steven Brandenburg told a federal judge on Tuesday that he was 'desperately sorry and ashamed' about what he did.

African countries have struggled to get vaccines, but some are now throwing away thousands of doses.