carolyn johnson
reporter covering the business of health @WashingtonPost, former @BostonGlobe, prefer to explore the world by bicycle, [email protected]
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WSJ News Exclusive | Health Agency Scraps Coronavirus Ad Campaign, Leaving Santa Claus in the Cold
A federal health agency halted a public-service coronavirus advertising campaign funded by $250 million in taxpayer money after it offered a special vaccine deal to an unusual set of essential workers: Santa Claus performers.
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🤯 Santa, elves and covid-19 vaccines 🤯 🤯
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Covid-19 Vaccines Are Chance at Salvation, Financial and Beyond, for Drug Makers
Big profits beckon for pharmaceutical companies, which are already using their work on vaccines to fight efforts in Washington to curb drug prices.
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The "To be sure" is doing a lot of work here.
"To be sure, the race for a coronavirus vaccine is much more than a public relations play."
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Genomic evidence for reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: a case study
Genetic discordance of the two SARS-CoV-2 specimens was greater than could be accounted
for by short-term in vivo evolution. These findings suggest that the patient was infected
by SARS-CoV-2 on two separate occasions by a genetically distinct...
White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation
The order would have mandated that both passengers and employees wear face coverings on planes, trains, buses and subways and in airports, stations and depots.
C.D.C. Didn’t Write Testing Guidance Published on Its Website, Officials Say
A controversial guideline saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn’t need to get tested for the virus came from H.H.S. officials and skipped the C.D.C.’s scientific review process.
Are you participating in a trial for a coronavirus vaccine or treatment? The Washington Post wants to hear from you.
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Are you participating in a clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine or treatment. Share your experience here
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Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19
The politically appointed HHS spokesman and his team demanded and received the right to review CDC’s scientific reports to health professionals.
School of Public Health study says students may be able to safely return to campus
As the fall semester nears and universities grapple with what to expect when students return to campus, one study out of the School of Public Health offers a hint of hope. The study, led by Public Health professor A. David Paltiel and researchers...
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Politics with Amy Walter: In Pursuit of a Coronavirus Vaccine | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
As some coronavirus vaccine trials move to phase three, a look at who would get the vaccine first and how it would be distributed.
Phase 3 clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
Multi-site trial to test candidate developed by Moderna and NIH.
How the Pandemic Defeated America
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
Take Coronavirus More Seriously, Say Olympic Rowers Who Got It
A physical therapist brought the virus to rowers who were training to make the U.S. Olympic team, and the athletes said it “knocked us down pretty hard.”
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Right now, as many as 30,000 people are being recruited to participate in these #vaccinetrials
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"Those are nice legos, actually." -a 6-year-old peer reviews clinical trials explainer @davejorgenson (now with the right link!)
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We are a newspaper. on TikTok
Right now, as many as 30,000 people are being recruited to participate in these #vaccinetrials
WSJ News Exclusive | Google to Keep Employees Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The tech giant will keep its employees home until at least next July, people familiar with the matter said, making the search-engine giant the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable.
Can You Get Covid Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say
Reports of reinfection instead may be cases of drawn-out illness. A decline in antibodies is normal after a few weeks, and people are protected from the coronavirus in other ways.
Virus is crushing United States
Isabelle Papadimitriou, 64, a respiratory therapist in Dallas, had been treating a surge...
Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds
The study of more than 64,000 people in South Korea suggests that school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks.