By Holly Ellyatt CNBC Published MAR 30 2021 Full Story Mutations of the coronavirus could render current vaccines ineffective within a year, according to a survey of experts in 28 countries.Of those surveyed, almost a third gave a time frame of nine months or...
By William A. Haseltine Forbes Published Apr 11, 2021 Full Story The novel mRNA vaccines of Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech are among the most effective of all the developed vaccines at preventing infection and disease. For that, we are all grateful. But even the best...
By Nik DeCosta-Klipa Boston.com April 13, 2021 Full Story Experts estimate that the three variants of concern now account for more than half of Massachusetts cases. Three highly infectious COVID-19 variants are now estimated to account for more than half of all...
BY Rita Rubin, MA JAMA NETWORK PUBLISHED March 17, 2021 Full Story As COVID-19 cases resulting from infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants accumulate in the US and around the world, one question looms large: How well do the COVID-19 vaccines developed so far protect...
BY SANJAY MISHRA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PUBLISHED APRIL 9, 2021 Full Story The B.1.1.7 strain is spreading among adults and kids, and experts say that’s another reason to get vaccinated, fast. The coronavirus variant known as B.1.1.7, which studies show is both...
By William Wan and Ben Guarino The Washington Post January 29, 2021 at 3:57 p.m. EST Full Story The United States is doing so little of the genetic sequencing needed to detect new variants of the coronavirus — like the ones first identified in Great Britain...