Category: COVID-19
Is The Variant From India The Most Contagious Coronavirus Mutant On The Planet?
May 7, 20213:24 PM ET – MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFF The numerals in the illustration show the main mutation sites of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in…
Should my child get the COVID-19 vaccine? 7 questions answered by a pediatric infectious disease expert
Debbie-Ann Shirley, University of Virginia The Food and Drug Administration expanded emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents 12 to 15…
Why Is India Running Out Of Oxygen?
May 5, 20213:00 PM ET LAUREN FRAYER, SUSHMITA PATHAK LISTEN· 3:48 Minute. Listen DOWNLOAD MUMBAI, India — Sanchi Gupta was running around, trying to get her…
India Is Counting Thousands Of Daily COVID Deaths. How Many Is It Missing?
April 30, 20211:55 PM ET LAUREN FRAYER, SUSHMITA PATHAK LISTEN· 4:054-Minute Listen DOWNLOAD MUMBAI — Santosh Pandey’s wife is the head of their village, population about 1,600,…
VIDEO: An Easy Way To Understand Coronavirus Variants — Using Puzzle Pieces
May 6, 202110:18 AM ET MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFFT When will the pandemic end? How many more COVID-19 waves will the U.S. go through? Will we go…
India COVID crisis: four reasons it will derail the world economy
Uma S Kambhampati, University of Reading The second wave of the pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With over 300,000 new cases and…
Indians are forced to change rituals for their dead as COVID-19 rages through cities and villages
Natasha Mikles, Texas State University In the past several weeks, the world has looked on in horror as the coronavirus rages across India. With hospitals…
What are the blood clots associated with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine? 4 questions answered
Mousumi Som, Oklahoma State University Two vaccines – the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.S. and the AstraZeneca vaccine in Europe – have been…
What steps must be taken to secure oxygen — for COVID-19 patients and into the future
Trevor Duke, The University of Melbourne New waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in countries, such as Kenya and India, have exposed the poor management of…
Novel coronavirus really is seasonal, study suggests
By Rachael Rettner – Senior Writer 2 days ago Warm temperatures and long hours of sunlight may reduce the spread of COVID-19, the study found. Warm temperatures and tropical…
