Many jurisdictions are looking for clinical professionals as well as non-medically trained people to help with mass vaccination efforts. View original article Contributor: Paulina Firozi
Evidence from states that also reopened enrollment suggests it could pull more young, healthy Americans into insurance coverage. View original article Contributor: Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz
Faced with the urgent need to protect their members and patients from the virus, labor organizations are pushing hospitals to do more. View original article Contributor: Ian Prasad Philbrick and Reed Abelson
Some patients struggling with Covid-19 develop antibodies against their own tissues, scientists have found. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli
The author of “The Big Short” and “Moneyball” takes on a frightening subject in his new book “The Premonition”: how to prevent a viral outbreak even worse than Covid-19. View original article Contributor: Alexandra Alter
The virus’s strangest symptom has opened new doors to understanding our most neglected sense. View original article Contributor: Brooke Jarvis
Women who end a pregnancy after 12 weeks could still face prison or fines. Abortion rights advocates claimed a partial victory. View original article Contributor: Muktita Suhartono and Mike Ives
Less than a week after taking office, President Joe Biden announced three major steps to improve the country’s vaccination plans, and his Administration’s COVID-19 response team held its first press briefing. On Jan. 26, the President outlined the first three steps his team will take as part of a National Action Strategy for responding to … Read more
The clash between the European Union and drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc over Covid-19 vaccine delays temporarily descended into chaos on Wednesday before the two sides confirmed that a crunch call to resolve the standoff will take place. Earlier on Wednesday, an EU official said the company had pulled out of the planned talks with the European … Read more
The United Kingdom passed the grim milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, only the fifth country to record a six-figure death toll, and by far the smallest. With the entire country still under a national lockdown to slow the spread of the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday it was “hard to compute … Read more