Helen Branswell
Sr writer, infectious diseases @statnews. Conspiracy theory free zone; I block rude, racism. Please consider Googling first. #coronavirus #Covid19 #Ebola🇨🇦
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How the Pandemic Transformed This Songbird’s Call
When the San Francisco Bay Area locked down, urban noise levels plummeted. In response, the white-crowned sparrow changed its tune.
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Ah-mazing!
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To combat hunger, neighbors are stocking community fridges on Boston’s streets - The Boston Globe
As food insecurity grows amid the pandemic, free community fridges have cropped up in Jamaica Plain and Dorchester, and more are being planned for Allston, Roslindale, Somerville, and Cambridge.
Crows possess higher intelligence long thought primarily human - STAT
A second study looked in unprecedented detail at the brains of pigeons and barn owls, finding hints to the basis of their intelligence.
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Crows not only learn, they can search their own minds to reapply what they've learned, new studies show. @sxbegle explains.
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Losing Your Hair Can Be Another Consequence of the Pandemic
Doctors are seeing a huge increase in patients who have been shedding abnormal amounts of hair, and they believe it is related to stress associated with the coronavirus.
Evaluating and Deploying Covid-19 Vaccines — The Importance of Transparency, Scientific Integrity, and Public Trust | NEJM
Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Evaluating and Deploying Covid-19 Vaccines — The Importance of Transparency, Scientific Integrity, and Public Trust
UK Covid-19 vaccine trial set to infect healthy volunteers with virus
Researchers hope to begin world’s first human challenge trials at east London quarantine facility in January
New York Will Review Virus Vaccines, Citing Politicization of Process
New York officials do not play a role in the approval of a vaccine, but could delay distribution if they believed the vaccine was not safe.
Helen Branswell
Where is this process going? #Covid19 vaccines people are reluctant to take will not do anyone any good.
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Prepare for the president to rush the vaccine - The Boston Globe
The public is growing suspicious as President Trump pushes to approve a COVID-19 vaccine before Election Day. To build trust and make sure approval doesn’t backfire, vaccine makers should release full data and commit to continuing clinical trials.
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"The American public deserves to know the true risks and benefits of any [#Covid19] vaccine released to the market" — @BostonGlobe editorial declares as concerns mount about political interference in the approval process.
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In the race for a Covid-19 vaccine, here come the tortoises
Anyone handicapping the so-called competition to develop vaccines would do well to keep an eye on the players who seemingly got a late start.
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A lot of attention is paid to the frontrunners in the #Covid19 vaccine race. But the US may end up licensing 5, 6, 7 or more Covid vaccines, providing that many work. And some of those currently near the back of the first pack may have some advantages.
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Covid-19: estudo com 50 mil pessoas aponta segurança da vacina chinesa
Teste feito na China com 50.027 voluntários chineses demonstrou que 5,36% das pessoas vacinadas com a CoronaVac apresentaram efeitos colaterais, todos sem gravidade.
The Metropolitan Opera Won’t Reopen for Another Year
The nation’s largest performing arts organization, shut by the coronavirus pandemic, sends a chilling signal that American cultural life is still far from resuming.
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Pandemic fallout, racial reckoning are deeply personal to 2020 voters
A rapid approval of a coronavirus vaccine would do little to boost Trump's political fortunes, the poll also indicates.
Helen Branswell
#Covid19 vaccine before election day won't deliver the poll bump the president is hoping for, a new @politico[email protected] poll suggests.
So maybe let the studies run their course?
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Baker says restaurants can seat up to 10 people at a table and use bar spaces, starting next week - The Boston Globe
Baker said that while bars and nightclubs remain closed in Massachusetts, evidence from other states clearly shows restaurants can safely use bar seating for food service when physical-distancing measures are in place.
Boston ‘very close’ to moving into red category for coronavirus transmission, Walsh says - The Boston Globe
Boston could soon find itself in the state’s red category for communities at the highest risk of coronavirus transmission, Mayor Martin J. Walsh told reporters Wednesday.
Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond - STAT
These 30 moments in 2020 and 2021 are possible turning points for the pandemic or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.
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Where are we going to be in 3 months? 6 months? 9 months? As humans struggle to get used to the post-#Covid19 reality, an impressive group of experts crystal ball gaze for @DrewQJoseph about the road ahead. statnews.com/feature/corona… pic.twitter.com/oEcuhd8509
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فتح باب التسجيل للمعلمين للحصول على لقاح «كورونا»
أبلغت مدارس حكومية في أبوظبي المعلمين بفتح باب التسجيل للراغبين في الحصول على لقاح فيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19)، وذلك عقب إجازة وزارة الصحة ووقاية المجتمع الاستخدام الطارئ للقاح، وإتاحته للفئات الأكثر تعاملاً مع مصابي «كوفيد-19» من أبطال خط...
Black doctors' group creates panel to vet Covid-19 vaccines - STAT
The National Medical Association committee is meant to safeguard against any unscientific guidance from the CDC and FDA.
A Notorious COVID Troll Actually Works for Dr. Fauci's Agency
Bill Crews is a PR official at the National Institutes of Health. But he also has another job: an anonymous RedState editor who rails against the agency for which he works.
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I think 2020 has hit maximum weird.
I hope it has hit maximum weird. I don't know if I could cope with weirder than this.
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64 wealthy nations, minus the U.S., China, back Covid-19 vaccine initiative
Overall, 156 countries have committed to joining the effort, which is seeking to expand global access to Covid-19 vaccines.
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156 countries representing 64% of the globe's population have committed to taking part in a #Covid19 vaccine purchasing pool, the COVAX Facility, run by @WHO, @gavi & @CEPIvaccines. Notably absent: US, Russia, China.
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‘Schitt’s Creek’ Wins Emmy for Comedy Series, Completes Historic Sweep
Pour yourself a glass of Moira rosé: Pop’s “Schitt’s Creek” won the comedy series Emmy at the 72nd Annual Primetime Awards. With the win, the show swept all of the major com…