Month: April 2021

Dusk is falling in the Indian capital, and the acrid smell of burning bodies fills the air. It’s the evening of April 26, and at a tiny crematorium in a Delhi suburb, seven funeral pyres are still burning. “I have lived here all my life and pass through this area twice a day,” says local … Read more

As the numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths in India continue to mount, public health officials are carefully watching yet another looming threat: the appearance of mutations that could be making the virus circulating there more infectious or more capable of causing severe disease. Scientists believe that the variants of SARS-CoV-2 responsible for this second … Read more

(NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some situations, too. The … Read more

One million testing kits, 40,000 families and an ambitious bid to stop community transmission. View original article Contributor: Ariana Eunjung Cha

The CDC’s real-world findings provide reassurance about the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in the highest-risk age group. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun

The action has been urgently sought by tobacco opponents and civil rights groups who say African Americans have been disproportionately hurt by the industry’s aggressive targeting of Black communities. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley

One million testing kits, 40,000 families and an ambitious bid to stop community transmission. View original article Contributor: Ariana Eunjung Cha

The CDC’s real-world findings provide reassurance about the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in the highest-risk age group. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun

The action has been urgently sought by tobacco opponents and civil rights groups who say African Americans have been disproportionately hurt by the industry’s aggressive targeting of Black communities. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley