Suspicions grow that nanoparticles in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trigger rare allergic reactions
Severe allergy-like reactions in at least eight people who received the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech over the past 2 weeks may be due to a compound in the packaging of the messenger RNA (mRNA) that forms the vaccine’s main ingredient, scientists say.
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Mutant coronavirus in the United Kingdom sets off alarms, but its importance remains unclear
On 8 December, during a regular Tuesday meeting about the spread of the pandemic coronavirus in the United Kingdom, scientists and public health experts saw a diagram that made them sit up straight.
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Even if You’ve Had COVID-19 You Still Need the Vaccine
COVID-19 is currently the leading cause of deathTrusted Source in the United States — killing more people each day than heart disease or cancer.
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What’s your risk of catching COVID? These tools help you to find out
A look at apps that predict the chance of infection and illness depending on what you’re doing and where you are.
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How Much Herd Immunity Is Enough?
Scientists initially estimated that 60 to 70 percent of the population needed to acquire resistance to the coronavirus to banish it. Now Dr. Anthony Fauci and others are quietly shifting that number upward.
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Yes, COVID-19 Can Cause Erectile Dysfunction in Men
Oh man. It seems like every other time we turn around there’s new insight about coronavirus. And in typical COVID-19 fashion, it’s happened again. One study is now shedding light on the repercussions of the virus on men’s sexual and reproductive health.
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