Researchers hope to learn things about how the immune system responds to the coronavirus that would be impossible outside a lab.
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U.K. Approves Study That Will Deliberately Infect Volunteers With Coronavirus
Researchers are hoping to learn things about how the immune system responds to the coronavirus that would be impossible outside a lab.
Coronavirus Vaccine Nears Final Tests in Cuba. Tourists May Be Inoculated.
Amid bread shortages, Cuba gets one step closer to a scientific milestone: the mass production of a coronavirus vaccine invented on the island.
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Sprawling winter storms across the U.S.
AstraZeneca’s Vaccine Does Not Work Well Against Virus Variant in South Africa
The bad news, coming nearly a week after a million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine arrived in South Africa, was a big setback for the country.
Israel’s Covid Vaccination Results Point a Way Out of Pandemic
Covid cases fell dramatically and quickly among people who were vaccinated, Israeli studies found. It’s the strongest evidence yet that a robust vaccination program can tame the pandemic.
Russia’s Vaccine Is Safe and Effective, Published Study Shows
A peer-reviewed article in The Lancet shows the vaccine has an impressive 91.6 percent efficacy rate against the virus and is completely protective against severe cases of Covid-19.
Vaccine Rollout Gives U.K. a Rare Win in the Pandemic
“Vaccination is the one thing we’ve gotten right”: How a country that botched so much of its pandemic response has managed one of the fastest distributions in the world.
Vaccine Rollout Gives U.K. a Rare Win in Battling Pandemic
“Vaccination is the one thing we’ve gotten right.” How a country that botched so much of its pandemic response has managed one of the fastest rollouts in the world.