Vaccines Need Not Completely Stop COVID Transmission to Curb the Pandemic
Lessons from other viruses show that even if vaccines don’t completely stop disease spread, they can still successfully contain it
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Coronavirus News Roundup: January 9–January 15
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
How COVID-19 is Changing the Cold and Flu Season
Measures meant to tame the coronavirus pandemic are quashing influenza and most other respiratory diseases, which could have wide-ranging implications
The Remaining COVID-19 Journey
With a vaccine in limited availability, many still need medicines to keep the virus at bay
Should We Change COVID Vaccine Doses to Reach More People? What the Data Say
Scientists are debating whether to delay, skip or halve doses. But untested tweaks could shake public confidence
COVID Is on Track to Become the U.S.’s Leading Cause of Death—Yet Again
This winter the novel coronavirus may kill more people than heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s or diabetes
Record Drop in U.S. Emissions Is No Cause for Celebration
The pandemic drove a 10.3 percent decline in greenhouse gases last year but experts expect levels to rebound in 2021
To Control COVID, Biden Needs to Marshal Federal Resources—and Change Attitudes
The incoming U.S. president must help skeptics see benefits in masks and persuade Congress to spend more money on testing and protective gear
Could New COVID Variants Undermine Vaccines? Labs Scramble to Find Out
Researchers race to determine why variants identified in Britain and South Africa spread so quickly and whether they’ll compromise vaccines
Coronavirus News Roundup: January 2–January 8
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
The Best Evidence for How to Overcome COVID Vaccine Fears
Social science offers valuable lessons about ways to convince those who are hesitant about the shots
A Virologist Helps Keep Uruguay Safe from COVID with a Homegrown Test
Gonzalo Moratorio assists his country in steering a more adept response than that mounted in Argentina and Brazil
Cholesterol Drops in the West and Rises in the East
Blood levels change as people alter diets and the use of statin medications
New COVID Vaccines Need Absurd Amounts of Material and Labor
Companies are scrambling to obtain supplies for hundreds of millions of doses of a type of vaccine that has never been made at this scale before
Is 70 Really the New 60?
People are aging better but not across the board. Education makes a dramatic difference
A New Strain of Drug-Resistant Malaria Has Sprung Up in Africa
Here’s how we fight back
The Immune Havoc of COVID-19
The virus flourishes by undermining the body’s chemical defense system
The Problem of ‘Long Haul’ COVID
More and more patients are dealing with major symptoms that linger for months
Debunking the False Claim That COVID Death Counts Are Inflated
President Trump and other conspiracy fantasists touted the fake claim that COVID death counts are exaggerated. But three kinds of evidence point to more than 350,000 deaths*
The U.K. Coronavirus Mutation Is Worrying but Not Terrifying
There is evidence the new variant could be more transmissible, yet vaccines work very well against it
