The UK Has a Plan for a New ‘Pandemic Radar’ System
Disease surveillance schemes to catch the next rising virus already exist—they’re just not communicating with each other. ..
Disease surveillance schemes to catch the next rising virus already exist—they’re just not communicating with each other. ..
Now that the CDC has relaxed mask requirements, a verification system might help identify who's vaccinated—but it’ll be a technical and political mess. ..
The spate of cases is a bad bounce—and it might show that lifting mask mandates for the vaxxed won’t be a grand slam. ..
Kids as young as 12 are now authorized for Pfizer’s vaccine. That could make it easier for campuses to reopen this fall—but it introduces a whole new set of decisions. ..
They’re really very good, and they’re the only way out of the pandemic. But a tour through the numbers could bring the vaccine-hesitant into the tent. ..
Covid-19 is still raging, but so are efforts to nip its successor in the bud—thanks to data sharing, political cooperation, or a multimillion-dollar ..
The “hygiene hypothesis” says early contact with microbes trains our immune systems. But what happens after a year of distancing? ..
The safety pause in giving the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is up for debate again—a battle in a Secret War of Denominators and risk-benefit ..
Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine was supposed to be the uncomplicated one. But even with new data, getting people to trust it again will be tricky. ..
Catch up on the most important updates from this week. ..