School ‘learning loss’ during COVID leads to political blame game
WASHINGTON — Precipitous drops in the math and reading standardized scores of U.S. 9-year-olds during two years of pandemic schooling...
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Scientific Breakthrough Against COVID-19: Antibodies Identified That May Make Coronavirus Vaccines Unnecessary
Two antibodies that neutralize all known strains of COVID-19 – including Omicron – with up to 95% efficiency have been...
Chinese metropolis Chengdu extends Covid lockdown, again, with no end in sight
Home to 21 million people and the capital of southwestern Sichuan province, Chengdu was locked down on September 1, becoming...
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Long COVID’s link to suicide: scientists warn of hidden crisis
CHICAGO/LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Scott Taylor never got to move on from COVID-19.The 56-year-old, who caught the disease in...
Human progress retreats to 2016 levels by COVID, other crises: UN
UNDP says the Human Development Index has declined for two straight years for the first time in its history.Back-to-back global...
As COVID boosters arrive in Oregon this week, state health leaders ask for patience
The updated booster shots are designed to target the currently-dominant BA.5 omicron variant. The state expects to receive approximately 150,000...
Sustained psychological distress may be tied to long COVID
Among a cohort who never had COVID-19 but tested positive within 1 year after baseline, depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, and...
Campus COVID cases spike at semester’s start
The start of the fall semester has brought more than students back to college campuses. As dorms and lecture halls...
World’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine approved in India; based on Washington University technology – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
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Biden administration says the ‘once-a-year’ shot phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has arrived
Biden administration officials are hailing the approval of updated booster shots that target the two most prevalent Omicron subvariants, and...