The Moderna Vaccine’s Antibodies May Not Last As Long As We Hoped
With the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines finally underway across the United States, data on the vaccines’ effectiveness is starting to become more available. But one key piece of information is still relatively unknown: how long the vaccines’ effectiveness will last. While only …
Urban Flight Due To Covid-19 Is Temporary, Not Permanent
As Covid-19 ravages the United States, it seems some may have had enough of densely populated cities, electing to move to the open-space haven of suburbia. Covid-19 is forcing people to question whether they want to live near millions of others. Reports …
The Mouse That Roared: What The US Can Learn From Andorra About Covid-19 Testing
One country is setting the global standard for Covid-19 testing, and it isn’t the United States. In anticipation of the winter holidays, the small European principality of Andorra has begun distributing rapid, self-administered antigen tests for Covid-19 to all residents over the …
Covid-19 Home Tests Should Be Much Cheaper
Great news: the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its first over-the-counter, totally at-home test. Unlike previously authorized models, the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test requires neither a laboratory to process results, nor a health worker to facilitate, nor a prescription to purchase. …
Why Covid-19 Is Overwhelming California
At this pivotal juncture in our nation’s history, California has become a microcosm of broader developments taking shape across the US. The country’s most populous state is also its most diverse, home to a wide range of cultures, ethnicities, and economies. To the …
Covid-19 Is Preventing Sustainable Investment In Developing Nations
Covid-19 has occupied most of our attention in 2020, and for good reason. We’ve had over 70 million infections, about 1.6 million deaths, and hundreds of thousands more contracting the disease every day. That said, yesteryear’s issues persist, such as our ongoing …
Elderly care: What Germany can learn from the rest of the world
Abstract: Sustainable elderly care becomes increasingly challenging in a rapidly ageing world. Being the third oldest nation globally, Germany is facing significant societal changes and demographic pressures. Bold and far-reaching reforms to revolutionise senior care are urgently required. Here, we review Germany’s …
The Trouble With Herd Immunity And Covid-19 Vaccines
Now that an independent advisory panel has voted in favor of approving Pfizer’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine, it likely won’t be long before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clears it for emergency use. Within 24 hours of their decision, millions of …
Even With A Vaccine, We Still Need Rapid Tests To End Covid-19
Yesterday, an independent FDA advisory panel gave Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine—already approved in Britain, Canada, and Saudi Arabia—its vote of confidence, setting it up to be authorized as early as this weekend for emergency use in the United States. Their recommendation extends to …
How Will A Covid-19 Vaccine Impact Travel?
In the past decade, the world has seen a steady rise in travel and tourism that undoubtedly influenced the trajectory of the Covid-19 pandemic. People flew in and out of China six times as much on a daily basis in 2018 than …
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