Month: July 2021

With daily reports of breakthrough infections and the rise of the Delta variant, vaccinated people may need to take a few more precautions. Here’s what you need to know. View original article Contributor: Tara Parker-Pope

With daily reports of breakthrough infections and the rise of the Delta variant, vaccinated people may need to take a few more precautions. Here’s what you need to know. View original article Contributor: Tara Parker-Pope

The vaccines are effective, but they are not a golden shield against the coronavirus, particularly not the Delta variant. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli

DeepMind has given 3-D structure to 350,000 proteins, including every one made by humans, promising a boon for medicine and drug design. View original article Contributor: Cade Metz

As pandemic restrictions begin to relax, common viruses that cause drippy noses, stuffy heads and other cold symptoms have roared back to taunt your immune system. View original article Contributor: Tara Parker-Pope

Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. View original article Contributor: Toby Bilanow

Life expectancy in the United States dropped the most in more than seven decades last year as Covid-19 sent hundreds of thousands of Americans to early deaths. The pandemic’s disproportionate toll on communities of color also widened existing gaps in life expectancy between White and Black Americans, according to estimates released by the Centers for … Read more

Frequent screening of healthy, vaccinated people will pick up even the mildest infections. How much testing is too much? View original article Contributor: Emily Anthes and Alexandra E. Petri