Vaccine holdouts in covid hotspots roll up their sleeves as delta variant takes hold. Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and other states report double-digit growth in vaccinations in the last two weeks. View original article Contributor: Ariana Eunjung Cha
Emergent BioSolutions, which ruined 75 million vaccine doses at its Baltimore plant, disclosed records requests from Congress and federal and state law enforcement agencies. View original article Contributor: Chris Hamby
Chinese researchers have uploaded genetic sequences of coronaviruses to a scientific database more than a year after they took them offline. View original article Contributor: Carl Zimmer
Many older, blind and disabled Americans receive benefits from the Supplemental Security Income program. But it has been essentially unchanged since 1972, and its rules mean that many recipients must remain in poverty. View original article Contributor: Maggie Astor
As cases surge, a doctor says that some people are pleading for discretion when they receive the vaccine, worried about what their friends and families will think. View original article Contributor: Isabella Grullón Paz
Expert advice on whether trimming or waxing your nose hairs might increase the risk of respiratory infections. View original article Contributor: Richard Klasco, M.D.
Infections in vaccinated Americans also may be as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people, the document says, and lead more often to severe illness. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli
In mid-June, U.S. maps tracking the spread of COVID-19 began showing a cluster of cases growing in the middle of the country. The epicenter lay in Missouri, particularly its more rural and remote areas. At the time, Missouri had something that other states didn’t: the Delta variant. To be fair, the highly transmissible Delta variant … Read more
The president said those refusing to get a coronavirus shot should expect inconveniences as long as they decline a vaccine. View original article Contributor: Michael D. Shear, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Annie Karni
The document captures the struggle of the nation’s top public health agency to persuade the public to embrace vaccination and prevention measures, including mask-wearing, as cases surge across the United States and new research suggests vaccinated people can spread the virus. View original article Contributor: Yasmeen Abutaleb