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A new federal regulation makes it easy to get test results and see what your doctor is recording about your health. One downside: You might not understand what you read.
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Scientists are urging their colleagues to dig deeper into the origins of the coronavirus behind the pandemic, including the possibility of a lab escape.
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Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said that their potential COVID-19 vaccine triggered strong immune responses in all adult age groups.
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Physicians’ values and norms save our lives and cost us dearly.
Scientists who have led the campaign to recognize the coronavirus as an airborne pathogen turn their attention to building design.
The vast majority of children with coronavirus infections don’t develop common COVID-19 symptoms that would make them easy to spot, a new study says.
The recommendation means many middle schoolers and virtually all high school students have the chance to be vaccinated before the next school year.
India is behind in doing the testing needed to track a worrisome coronavirus variant first detected there so scientists can understand it better.
An independent expert panel reviewed the World Health Organization’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic found serious failures and made recommendations.
The town’s accreditation by the International Dark-Sky Assn. is based on a years-long effort to limit light pollution.
Radiologists have discovered a new side effect of COVID-19 vaccines: They make it more difficult to interpret mammogram results.
Doctors say a gene therapy that makes use of the AIDS virus has given a working immune system to 48 babies and toddlers who were born without one.
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Radiologists have discovered a new side effect of COVID-19 vaccines: They make it more difficult to interpret mammogram results.
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Frogs and amphibians can nab a fly with remarkable speed — but the real secret of their bug-catching prowess is in the saliva.
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The second shot of the COVID vaccine does not need to happen precisely 21 or 28 days after the first to be effective.
Vaccine hesitancy is making herd immunity for COVID-19 seem more elusive than ever. Could that change once the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is authorized for children as young as 12?
The reassurance comes as California continues to report one of the lowest per-capita daily coronavirus case counts of any state in the U.S.
The authorization potentially paves the way for millions of the doses to reach needy countries through a U.N.-backed program rolling out vaccines.
In the COVID-19 era, my 12-year-old played more video games than ever. What kind of parent was I to allow this? But then I talked to experts.
It’s not yet known whether COVID-19 vaccines can affect your period, but researchers are starting to study the issue.
Two studies of hospital workers bolster the case that COVID-19 vaccines really do reduce the risk of a coronavirus infection.
Teams of experts also warn that a ‘substantial increase’ in hospitalizations and deaths is possible if unvaccinated people do not follow precautions.
The number of COVID-19 patients reported statewide Monday was 1,608 — the lowest since tracking began on March 30, 2020.
An up-close view of how the coronavirus infects cells in the brain and spinal cord helps explain the neurological symptoms of some COVID-19 patients.
Covid-19 Vaccines
Some parents, citing declining case rates and the newness of the vaccine, are opting to hold off or decline when it comes to their kids.
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The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is defending the decision to ease mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people.
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California has reached a milestone in its vaccination campaign: More than 50% of residents have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
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Trader Joe’s, Walmart and Costco are among the first businesses to drop the mask requirement following updated CDC guidelines.
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The guidance allows camps to operate if all participants are fully vaccinated and outlines steps to protect those who are not fully vaccinated.
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The CDC changes announced Thursday don’t immediately alter mask rules in California, but they have raised some questions.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, carrying samples of the ancient space rock for scientists to study.
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The Biden White House is launching an effort to unearth past problems with the politicization of science and tighten scientific integrity rules.
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The Biden administration’s 30x30 conservation plan demands restoration of the two Utah national monuments that President Trump eviscerated.
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NASA’s new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency’s workforce
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NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.
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China says the rocket section that is about to plunge to Earth will mostly burn up on reentry, posing little threat to people and property below.
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Cutting the greenhouse gas methane quickly and dramatically is the world’s best hope to slow and limit the worst of global warming, a U.N. report says.
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The federal government must aggressively bolster primary care and connect more Americans with a dedicated source of care, experts urge in a new report.
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The largest section of the rocket that launched the main module of China’s planned space station is expected to plunge to Earth as early as Saturday.
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The number of babies born in the U.S. last year fell 4% compared with 2019 as the nation’s birth rate fell to another record low.
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America’s normal temperature is now a degree hotter than just 20 years ago. The West is also considerably drier.
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