This is the worst news we’ve seen about coronavirus vaccines and the South African variant
A new peer-reviewed study found that the South African variant of the coronavirus is far more resistant to existing COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna …
A new peer-reviewed study found that the South African variant of the coronavirus is far more resistant to existing COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna …
How and when life first took root on Earth is still not very well understood. We have a relatively vague timeline that indicates life was …
This time a year ago, we were all just starting to come to terms with the severity of the novel coronavirus outbreak. It would not …
About a year ago, news of the first coronavirus vaccine candidates emerged, with researchers saying that the COVID-19 vaccines would take anywhere from 12 to …
Israel pulled off a vaccination campaign that no other country can match. Israel vaccinated almost 5 million people with a single Pfizer/BioNTech dose, and nearly …
A while back, I found myself silently agreeing with someone’s post I’d just seen on Twitter about the US coronavirus response — a post about …
After an incredibly sluggish start, the vaccination effort in the US is finally starting to pick up steam. Over the past few days alone, the …
For the vast majority of animals on this planet, losing their head would be a near-instant death sentence. Creatures that have distinct heads typically use …
High-tech and incredibly expensive spacecraft like the Parker Solar Probe have been sent toward our host star in the hopes of revealing some of its …
Israel, which is in the middle of an aggressive immunization campaign, has more good news about COVID-19 vaccines. A recent study showed that the Pfizer/BioNTech …
Finding planets outside of our solar system is an area of research that has exploded in recent years. As new, more powerful observational equipment allows …
As countries like the US continue racing to inject their populations with the coronavirus vaccine as fast as they can, in an effort to outpace …
Travel has taken a back seat to health over the past year or so, with the coronavirus pandemic making it difficult to enjoy trips to …
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the US, many people naively assumed that we’d move past it in 1-2 months. The reality, however, was far …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday that it would delay the release of new safety guidelines for people who received the …
As of Monday, more than 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the United States, with 18% of the country’s population having received …
Researchers from the Georgia State University announced in early December the extremely promising findings of a coronavirus study looking at the MK-4482/EIDD-2801 drug, also known …
Even though the coronavirus infection rate has dropped dramatically over the past few weeks, experts say it’s important not to get complacent about following established …
More than 283.5 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered worldwide as of Saturday morning, with nearly 60.6 million people having received the full two-dose …
Cancer treatments have improved dramatically over the past few decades. Many types of cancer have a high survival rate thanks to medical interventions that can …
US officials, including President Joe Biden’s chief medical officer Dr. Anthony Fauci and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said a few days ago that new …
Most people who are infected with the novel coronavirus will survive COVID-19. Some will be asymptomatic and might not even realize they’ve been infected. Others …
NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on the Red Planet roughly two weeks ago. In the days since its arrival, it has been testing its …
Despite a launchpad abort and a rapidly-closing launch window, SpaceX managed to launch its Starship prototype SN10 on Wednesday, much to the delight of rocket …
When we talk about breakthrough discoveries or innovations, we’re usually referring to significant achievements in a field. We saw several breakthroughs during the first year …
The overall COVID infection rate in the US has been on a promising trajectory over the past two months. After a record-breaking 300,000 new COVID …
For months now, health experts have known that indoor gatherings have been disproportionately responsible for coronavirus outbreaks across the country. As a prime example, contact …
In the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, we learned that obesity is a significant risk factor for severe COVID-19 and deaths. Obese people …
With the weather finally starting to warm up, runners are once again flocking to streets, trails, and parks to get their mileage in. And while …
Where did life originate? It’s a question that’s been asked ever since humans became self-aware, and today we’re really no closer to a definitive answer …