Balancing Risks And Benefits In The Virus Lab Research

Fight Over Covid's Origins Renews Debate On Risks Of Lab Work by Carl Zimmer And James Gorman.  The New York Times.  June 21, 2021.   

Details Of Vaccine Safety Need To Be Known To Build Confidence In Receiving The Vaccine

Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists by Katie Thomas.  The New York Times. September 13, 2020.  

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Studies Produce Divergent Estimates Of COVID-19 Impacts

Study Says 260,000 COVID-19 Cases Could Be Tied To Sturgis Rally;  Noem Calls It 'Fiction' by Megan Raposa.  September 8, 2020.  

Operation Warp Speed Adviser: Extremely Unlikely End-Of-October Vaccine

 Operation Warp Speed Top Adviser On Status Of A Coronavirus Vaccine.  NPR>  September 3, 2020.  

Trump, Without Evidence, Accuses FDA Of Delaying Coronavirus Vaccine Trials And Pressures Agency Chief

Trump, Without Evidence, Accuses FDA Of Delaying Coronavirus Vaccine Trials And Pressures Agency Chief by Veronica Stracqualursi.  CNN.  August 22, 2020.

Monoclonal Antibody Drug Being Tested As A COVID "Swat Team" For Nursing Home Outbreaks

An "Unprecedented" Effort To Stop The Coronavirus In Nursing Homes by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  August 20, 2020.

Contact Tracing Data From Six States Shows What Can Be Learned

13 States Make Contact Tracing Data Public.  Here's What They're Learning by Selena Simmons-Duffin.  NPR.  August 14, 2020.

Layman Research Summary: What We Know About Kids, Covid-19 infections. and Implications For Schools

What Scientists Are Learning About Kids And Covid-19 Infection by Lois Parshley.  Vox.  August 3, 2020.

Accurate Test To Measure Tau Protein May Be Landmark In Alzheimer's Diagnosis

Alzheimer's Blood Test In Your Doctor's Office Closer To Reality, Studies Say by Sandeeps LaMotte And Andrea Kane.  CNN.  July 29, 2020.

Updates On 4 Frontrunners COVID-19 Vaccines

Meet The 4 Frontrunners In The COVID-19 Vaccine Race by Beth Mole.  Are Technica.  July 23, 2020.

New Study Of Hydroxychoroquine Points To Improvements But Difficult To Interpret Due To Methodology Problems And Limitations

Study Finds Hydroxychloroquine May Have Boosted Survival, But Other Researchers Have Doubts by Maggie Fox, Andrea Kane, And Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN.  July 3, 2020.,

Publicly-Financed Vaccine Research May Generate Big Private Profits

How A Covid-19 Vaccine Could Cost Americans Dearly by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  The New York Times.  July 6, 2020.

Chinese Study: Household Transmission Of COVID-19 Could Have Huge Impact On Reducing Covid Cases

Study From Chinese City Of Guangzhou Provides Key Insights On How COVID-19 Spreads In Households by Lancet.  Medical Express.  June 18, 2020.

Pandemic Results In Delays In Cancer Screenings, Diagnoses, Research, And Treatments

Nation's Cancer Chief Warns Delays In Cancer Care Are likely To Result In Thousands Of Extra Deaths In Coming Years by Laurie McGinley.  The Washington Post.  June 18, 2020.

New: Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker

Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker by Jonathan Corum And Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  June 10, 2020.

Retractions Of Two Major Medical Studies Raises Questions About Scientific Research As Pandemic Spreads

Two Huge Covid-19 Studies Are Retracted After Scientists Sound Alarms by Roni Caryn Rabin and Ellen Gabler.  The New York Times.  June 4, 2020.

Israeli Defense Industry Targets COVID-19

Israeli Army's Idea Lab Aims At A New Target:  Saving Lives by David M. Halbfinger.  The New York Times.  May 7, 2020.

Georgia Early Reopening Attracted Visitors Raising The Risk Of Transmission

Smartphone Data Shows Out-Of-State Visitors Flocked To Georgia As Restaurants And Other Business Reopened by Kathrine Shaver.  The Washington Post.  May 7, 2020.

Nearly Everyone Who Has Coronavirus Has Antibodies; Next Question: Are They Neutralizing Antibodies?

A New Study Finds That Nearly Everyone Who Gets The Disease Eventually Makes Antibodies To The Virus.  The New York Times.  May 7, 2020.

Drug Repurposing Opens Possibilities For Fighting Coronavirus

Old Drugs May Find A New Purpose:  Fighting The Coronavirus by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  April 30, 2020.