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US vaccine rollout was close to optimal at reducing deaths and infections, according to a model comparing 17.5 million alternative approaches
In the U.S., people were placed into four groups for vaccine access. AP Photo/Lynne SladkyThe Research Brief is a short...
Read moreClaims that COVID jabs can be used to track you with ‘luciferase’ are false – the substance isn’t even in the vaccine
Emerald Robinson, the White House correspondent for the conservative news network Newsmax, recently tweeted that Moderna’s COVID vaccine contains luciferase...
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‘Off-label’ use is common in medicine – a bioethicist and legal philosopher explain why the COVID-19 vaccines are different
Research suggests that about 20% of all prescriptions are administered "off-label." Hafakot/iStock via Getty Images PlusKids ages 5 to 11...
Read moreHow Peru became the country with the highest COVID death rate in the world
With 200,000 COVID deaths in a population of less than 33 million, the impact of the pandemic in Peru has...
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Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complex
Gun violence spiked in more than half of all U.S. states in the first 13 months of the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Companies are pushing sweetened drinks to children through advertising and misleading labels – and families are buying
There are dozens of options for children's drinks in most supermarkets. Choosing the healthy options is difficult. ferrantraite/E+ via Getty...
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Selective lockdowns can be ethically justifiable – here’s why
Spitzi-Foto/ShutterstockCOVID is surging in some European countries. In response, Austria and Russia are planning to reimpose lockdowns, but only for...
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How disease has stimulated cultural change
In his classic 1954 work, The Gift, the anthropologist Marcel Mauss described an unusual practice of gift-giving in the Māori...
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Why having bad oral health could raise the risk of COVID
ShutterstockNot brushing your teeth will get you in trouble with the dentist – but since the arrival of the pandemic,...
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Seasonal depression: why it happens – and how to manage the symptoms
Colder weather and less daylight may have you feeling a bit more down lately. nito/ ShutterstockWith the weather getting colder...
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