The first data available for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine suggests a third booster dose will be effective against omicron, the variant that is rapidly taking over the world. Moderna said early Monday that in a lab study, blood from 20 people who
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More adult Americans now identify themselves as religious nones: Study
The coronavirus pandemic pushed Americans out of the pews and into their homes. But for much longer, U.S. adults have increasingly made the conscious decision to leave or forgo organized religion, and the trend is showing no signs of slowing down.
COVID antiviral drug from Pfizer, Paxlovid, prevents deaths: Study
A new drug being developed by Pfizer offers the possibility of nearly putting an end to deaths from COVID-19. When given within five days of the onset of symptoms, the antiviral therapy called Paxlovid, prevented almost 90% of deaths from COVID-19
Pfizer Covid shot protects people from hospitalization even as effectiveness against infection falls, Lancet study confirms
Safeway pharmacist Ashley McGee fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The effectiveness of Pfizer and BioNTech‘s Covid-19 vaccine
Merck antiviral pill cuts COVID hospitalization risk in half: study
An experimental drug prevented half of COVID-19 infections that would otherwise have sent people to the hospital, according to a study released Friday, offering promise that the virus could soon be treated by a pill. The antiviral drug molnupiravir, made
More Than Half of Police Killings Are Mislabeled, New Study Says
Police killings in America have been undercounted by more than half over the past four decades, according to a new study that raises pointed questions about racial bias among medical examiners and highlights the lack of reliable national record keeping
Milder COVID-19 infection could still leave brain with lasting impact: UK study
Mild cases of COVID-19 could also leave a lasting impact on the human brain, according to a recent study. In August, researchers from England’s University of Oxford and the Imperial College of London wrote that brain imaging from the UK Biobank – including the data from more
Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish
Enlarge / A 1729 Stradivari known as the “Solomon, Ex-Lambert” on display at Christie’s in New York in March 2007. Along with Andrea Amati and Andrea Guarneri, Antonio Stradivari dominated the so-called Golden Age of Violins (roughly 1660 to 1750),
Europe’s July floods: So rare and extreme, they’re hard to study
Enlarge / Damaged left behind by flooding in the Ahr valley. The backdrop of a steadily warming climate has frequently raised questions about whether any given extreme weather event could have been influenced by climate change. It’s a natural question
Study: Ants create stable tunnels in nests, much like humans play Jenga
Enlarge / Two ants tunneling in green gel. A new Caltech study found that ants search for and remove loose grains of soil when digging their tunnels, much like humans remove loose blocks while playing Jenga. Ants are prodigious diggers,