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Vitamin D insufficiency may account for the majority of COVID-19 deaths.
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Meme casting doubt on whether it is possible to make a 95% effective coronavirus vaccine in 10 months, when the flu vaccine has been worked on for 70 years and is still only 40% effective.
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Fewer than half of U.S. states and territories — 18 in total — have made such technology widely available. And according to a data analysis by The Associated Press, the vast majority of Americans in such locations haven’t activated the tool.
-- Associated Press, December 6
A examination ... found the HHS data for three important values in Wisconsin hospitals—beds filled, intensive care unit (ICU) beds filled, and in-patients with COVID-19—often diverge dramatically from those collected by the other federal source, from state-supplied data, and from the apparent reality on the ground.
-- Science, December 4
It appears science may have found the Covid-19 pandemic’s off-ramp.
-- Stat, December 2
The tiny island nation brought huge scientific heft to its attempts to contain and study the coronavirus. Here’s what it learnt.
-- Nature, November 25
The rise in depression and anxiety is even worse than expected, especially among young adults.
-- Scientific American, November 24
Which countries are seeing the most new cases?
-- Information is Beautiful, November 23
Explanations begin to arise at the molecular level for this vexing but commonplace symptom.
-- Scientific American, November 18
[M]ost of the efforts are being developed in siloes and trained on limited datasets, raising crucial questions about their reliability.
-- Stat, November 18
The immune system is no wimp. When pathogens cause illness, it kicks into high gear. Cells work together to tag, kill and gobble up invaders as they fight the infection.
-- Stat, May 5
Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2.
-- Nature, April 28