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Mar 14 2020
Analysis
Biohackers Are on a Secret Hunt for the Coronavirus Vaccine
A collective of biohackers has begun circulating a document proposing a plan to create, test, and distribute a vaccine to battle SARS-CoV-2. To get started, they say they need "between $10-25k."
Reason's Zach Weissmueller sat down with the lead biologist on the project, who requested anonymity due to fear of retribution from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Reason has verified
ReasonMay 09 2023
News
Biden NIH resumes funding group tied to Wuhan coronavirus lab: 'An outrage'
President Joe Biden's National Institutes of Health has resumed a grant award suspended under former President Donald Trump for coronavirus bat research to a U.S. nonprofit group that has come under heightened scrutiny for partnering with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. Trump's NIH informed EcoHealth Alliance in April 2020 that it was axing the grant, which began in 2014 and
Washington ExaminerMar 21 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Coronavirus and Sensationalism
The COVID-19 coronavirus has left many Americans housebound with little to do except keep their eyes on the news, anxious for any sign that the pandemic may be slowing. The tidal wave of reporting on the virus and President Trump's response is a reminder to remain diligent about spotting media bias. A particularly potent showing of media bias came Saturday, following a White House press
Julie MastrineJul 26 2021
News
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online
The article that appeared online on Feb. 9 began with a seemingly innocuous question about the legal definition of vaccines. Then over its next 3,400 words, it declared coronavirus vaccines were “a medical fraud” and said the injections did not prevent infections, provide immunity or stop transmission of the disease.
Instead, the article claimed, the shots “alter your genetic coding,
New York Times (News)Jul 25 2021
Analysis
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online
The article that appeared online on Feb. 9 began with a seemingly innocuous question about the legal definition of vaccines. Then over its next 3,400 words, it declared coronavirus vaccines were “a medical fraud” and said the injections did not prevent infections, provide immunity or stop transmission of the disease.
Instead, the article claimed, the shots “alter your genetic coding,
New York Times (News)Jul 12 2021
Fact Check
The coronavirus variants: What you need to know
If you’ve been paying attention to recent news reports about the coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably heard public health officials say they’re pleased about the dropping rates of cases and deaths due to vaccination in the United States — but that they’re also worried that continued spread of the delta variant could reverse some of those gains.
What is the delta variant? For that
PolitiFactApr 15 2024
Perspectives Blog
When the Abortion Debate Reshapes the Election
From the CenterThere are swing voters, and then there are swing voters. But there are two voter groups in particular — both situated close to the center of the political spectrum — who are especially influential in the outcome of American presidential campaigns. As a direct result of the increasingly heated debate over reproductive rights, both may be shifting in Joe Biden’s direction.
Dan SchnurApr 01 2022
News
Senate finalizing $10 billion deal on coronavirus aid
Senators are finalizing an agreement to provide $10 billion in new coronavirus aid as they race to try to pass a bill before a two-week break set to start in days.
Senators negotiating the deal signaled that they were close to a finalized agreement, but said they were still ironing out legislative text, waiting for an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and haggling
The HillJun 13 2021
News
G7 leaders call for investigation into coronavirus origins
Group of Seven (G-7) leaders on Sunday called for a renewed, "transparent" investigation into the origins of the coronavirus and pledged to give 1 billion vaccine doses to countries in need as their weekend of meetings in the United Kingdom came to an end.
President Biden joined the leaders of the U.K., Italy, Germany, Canada, Japan and France in signing a joint communique that
The HillJun 15 2021
Analysis
The Battle Over the Coronavirus Lab-Leak Theory
Astandard device in detective stories is a map on which certain buildings are circled. Their locations are thought to be revealing, though often they just create a false trail. When four of the first cases of a strange, pneumonia-like illness seen in Wuhan, China, in December, 2019, were found to have a connection to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, it seemed a key to solving the mystery
The New Yorker