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Heart transplants declined sharply during Covid-19 pandemic
Researchers have found that the number of heart transplants is declining sharply during the Covid-1…
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CDC report finds prior infection provided strong protection against COVID-19 in 2021, but experts warn it's 'playing with dynamite' to get sick on purpose
Though vaccination was superior to prior infection during the Alpha wave, the Delta variant changed…
Hilary Brueck
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We don't have enough data to understand COVID-19 risks in US schools. I built a platform tracking 550 schools to help provide it.
Economist Emily Oster has launched a platform looking at enrollment, reopening information, and vir…
Emily Oster
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Staff at Trader Joe's have lower COVID-19 infection rates than the community average in 'virtually all' areas, the grocery chain says
About 2.4% of Trader Joe's staff have tested positive for COVID-19, and the figures are consistentl…
Grace Dean
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8 countries have coronavirus death rates above 10%, either due to disaster or limited testing
Coronavirus death rates are calculated based only on known cases, but they can point to limited tes…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Holly S…
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The number of coronavirus infections in Santa Clara, California may be up to 85 times higher than testing shows, according to new research
Researchers tested 3,300 Californians for coronavirus antibodies. They found the number of reported…
Aylin Woodward
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Germany's coronavirus infections dropped after a spike, and its R0 rate of infections is back below 1, as it grapples with safely getting out of lockdown
After a worrying spike, Germany's Robert Koch Institute said new coronavirus infections have droppe…
Mia Jankowicz
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The CEO of the world's largest wealth manager says stocks have more upside ahead and most investors should put more money to work
"I believe we still have more to go on the upside even in front of probably rising infection rates …
Emily Graffeo
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Initial COVID-19 infection rate in US may be 80 times greater than reported: Study
In the study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the scientists estimated th…
PTI
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The probability of dying after developing coronavirus symptoms is 1.4% in Wuhan, China, new research suggests - far lower than initial estimates
This figure - what the authors call symptomatic case-fatality risk - is far lower than previous dea…
Aylin Woodward
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Emily Oster: School infection rates are low even in areas with high COVID-19 rates, according to data on 550,000 US students
Evidence suggests we should expect more cases to show up in schools where community cases are highe…
Emily Oster
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Scientists predicted that the coronavirus death rate would fall over time, but instead it doubled. Here's why it now hovers at 6%.
Death rates are "more a measure of how much testing and case finding you do," one epidemiologist sa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Public transit may not bring a high risk of coronavirus transmission, research suggests — depending on which precautions you take
Choose the least crowded transit option, make the trip as short as possible, and prioritize well-ve…
Aria Bendix
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Getting COVID-19 doesn't always protect young people from reinfection, study finds
Among more than 3,000 US Marine recruits, those who had antibodies were five times less likely to g…
Andrea Michelson
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Doctors Could Soon Be Performing Transplants Using Organs Infected With HIV
A study led by Peter Stock from the University of California, San Francisco, published in the New E…
Kelly Dickerson
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The US may have seen 8.7 million coronavirus cases in March alone, new research shows — meaning millions went undiagnosed
The coronavirus spread far more rapidly across the US in March than scientists initially realized, …
Aria Bendix
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2 charts show COVID-19 booster shots' superior protection compared to double vaccination
Boosted people in Los Angeles had the most protection against COVID-19 infection and hospitalizatio…
Aria Bendix
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'The effect is greatest when 100% of the public wear face masks': Growing body of research shows the role of face coverings in curbing the spread of the coronavirus
Researchers underscore the need for preventative measures like social distancing, personal protecti…
Rhea Mahbubani
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Female sex hormone may reduce Covid-19 severity in women: Study
Researchers have revealed that estrogen may lessen the severity of Covid-19 symptoms in women, addi…
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Unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to land in the hospital with COVID-19 than those who got the shot, a new CDC study reveals
The CDC study analyzed about 43,000 COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles, finding that unvaccinated people…