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Dec 23 2020
Fact Check
A Guide to Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Moderna’s mRNA vaccine is the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in the U.S. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how it works.
Quick Summary - Vaccine name: mRNA-1273
Design type: mRNA; Dose number: 2 doses, 28 days apart
Efficacy: 94.1% efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in adults two weeks or more after receipt of
FactCheck.orgMar 27 2021
Analysis
Comparing the COVID-19 vaccines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorizations for three COVID-19 vaccines so far. We compare the different available shots, and several still in the approval process for use in the Untied States.
USA TODAYDec 21 2021
News
Breakthrough COVID-19 infections and deaths rose during delta, but far outpaced by the unvaccinated
As Americans brace for the possibility of another difficult winter ahead in the nation’s fight against coronavirus, there is a renewed sense of urgency to get as many people inoculated and boosted as quickly as possible, given the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant -- now dominant in the U.S.
An ABC News analysis of federal and state data found that since July, there has
ABC News (Online)May 11 2023
News
Covid-19 Public-Health Emergency Is Over
The federal government formally ended its crisis response to a pandemic that has killed more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. and infected many millions more. Much of the country has moved on from the Covid-19 pandemic. Deaths have declined by 95%, and hospitalizations are down nearly 91% since January 2021. Still, public-health experts have said future surges are possible as the virus
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 02 2021
Analysis
The Immune Havoc of COVID-19
We may well remember the 21st century in two halves: the time before SARS-CoV-2 and the time after. Despite decades of warnings about the potential for a deadly global pandemic, public health systems worldwide were completely outmatched. The first COVID-19 patients were admitted to a hospital in Wuhan, China, on December 16, 2019, and several of them died. Many Americans assumed that even if
Scientific AmericanJan 12 2022
Fact Check
FactChecking the Justices’ COVID-19 Claims
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Jan. 7 in two challenges to the Biden administration’s attempts to expand the use of vaccinations.
Here we present the facts on some of the COVID-19 claims made by the justices.
Children Hospitalized with COVID
In the first of two cases, the justices heard from lawyers who were seeking to block the Department of Labor’s temporary
FactCheck.orgApr 23 2020
Background
COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
These Treatment Guidelines have been developed to inform clinicians how to care for patients with COVID-19. Because clinical information about the optimal management of COVID-19 is evolving quickly, these Guidelines will be updated frequently as published data and other authoritative information becomes available.
The recommendations in these Guidelines are based on scientific evidence
National Institutes of HealthMay 29 2020
Analysis
Are the COVID-19 Lockdowns Constitutional?
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she's fighting a war. And she's using emergency powers in that fight.
But governors are quickly finding that even emergency powers might have their limits.
"Tyranny has a new name and it's called a pandemic," says Robert Muise, a constitutional lawyer with the conservative American Freedom Law Center, and a co-plaintiff in a recent lawsuit
ReasonMay 09 2020
Opinion
COVID-19 Conspiracists and Their Discontents
One reason why it’s surprisingly difficult to disprove many conspiracy theories is that they typically contain a real germ of truth, however small. In some places and eras, Jews really were overrepresented among communist cadres and the media. John F. Kennedy’s administration really did propose false-flag operations as an excuse to invade Cuba and assassinate Fidel Castro. Certain aspects of
QuilletteMar 18 2024
News
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 in New Orleans, August 2020 to September 2021 - Scientific Reports
In this study we have characterized the demographic, clinical and laboratory aspects of COVID-19 among a population that experienced a disproportionate impact of the pandemic. Among the patients admitted with COVID-19, approximately 1 in 2 received supplemental oxygen, 1 in 3 received high-flow oxygen, and 1 in 10 died during their hospitalization. Our analysis is consistent with other reports
Nature.com