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How Many People Need to Be Vaccinated to Stem COVID-19?
Just how many Americans need to be vaccinated before we stop the runaway transmission of COVID-19? That is the $64 million question that experts cannot accurately answer because so many factors are at play.
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Moderna CEO Says Novel Coronavirus 'Not Going Away'
The CEO of biotech firm Moderna said Wednesday the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 will be around "forever," suggesting drug makers will have to continually adjust to new strains and either seasonal or periodic outbreaks.
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3 Reasons Healthcare Workers Are Putting Off Vaccination
More than 20 million healthcare workers were among the first Americans scheduled for vaccination. But, according to Stateline, a division of Pew Charitable Trusts, only one-third of a panel of 13,000 nurses said they would voluntarily get inoculated.
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COVID-19 Disrupts Gut Biome, Affecting Severity of Illness
Your intestinal bacteria might be altered by COVID-19, which could affect how sick you become with the disease and potentially how long it lasts, according to a new study.
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CIA Documents on UFOs Compiled, Available From Researcher
A trove of U.S. government documents on UFOs has been compiled for download on a website by an author and podcaster who has spent years researching the topic, adding a recent release of items before it was to be formally presented to Congress.
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Moderna Says Immunity Should Last at Least a Year
Immunity from Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company said Monday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference.
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FireEye: Russian Cyberattack Conducted Within US
Russian intelligence allegedly used computers within the U.S. to conduct a previously known massive cyberattack against several federal government agencies, it was reported.
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Harvard Space Expert: Earth Has Been Monitored, Visited by Alien Life
Alien technology might be monitoring the Earth and paying us a visit, a Harvard professor, reviewing the discovery of 'Oumuamua, writes in a new book.Citing the object's size, shape, brightness, reflectivity, and movement, Avi Loeb, the chair of Harvard's Department of...
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UK to Allow Mixing of COVID-19 Vaccines in Rare Cases
Britain will allow people to be given shots of different COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions, despite a lack of evidence about the extent of immunity offered by mixing doses.
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Israel Has Vaccinated 7 Percent of Population, Leading World
Israel is leading the world in the percentage of its population that has been vaccinated for the coronavirus, with 7% having received a dose so far.
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Doctors Step Forward to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
Physicians are eagerly volunteering to get vaccinated and urge the public to follow their lead. For vaccinations to achieve the goal of ending the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors say we need to have extensive compliance.
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Pfizer: 'No Data' Shows Single Vaccine Dose Protects After 21 Days
Pfizer said in a statement Thursday there is "no data" that shows a single dose of their coronavirus vaccine will protect a person after 21 days without an additional dose, Axios reports.
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Survey: Majority Unfazed Smart Tech Is Always Listening
Two-thirds of Americans are unconcerned personal Internet-connected devices could be recording them in some way, according a survey by the website Safety.com.
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Well-Preserved Ice Age Woolly Rhino Found in Siberia
A well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in Russia's extreme north.
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NASA to Study the Sun to Learn About Space Weather
NASA is launching two new missions to study the Sun in an attempt to learn more about space weather and its possible effects on the Earth, the Independent reports. The first mission is a joint mission led by Japan's space agency JAXA and is known as the Extreme Ultraviolet...
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Can You Spread COVID-19 After You've Been Vaccinated?
Although we have two vaccines that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to protect against COVID-19, experts warn we still need to follow precautionary procedures even after being vaccinated.
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More COVID-19 Vaccines in Pipeline as US Ramps Up
A huge U.S. study of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate got underway Monday as states continue to roll out scarce supplies of the first shots to a nation anxiously awaiting relief from the catastrophic outbreak.
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Russia Reportedly Developing Ebola-Based Bio Weapon
The Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, is suspected of developing biological weapons using the lethal Ebola virus and the related Marburg virus, British website the Mirror reported.
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OnePoll: Americans Spend Decades on Devices, Getting Worse During COVID
The average American will spend the equivalent of 44 years looking at some kind of digital screen - a number that's only increased during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent survey....
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Researchers Find New GPS-Like Brain Cell
Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have discovered a new "distance sensitive" cell, which acts like a GPS for the brain. Their study, published in Nature Neuroscience, was detailed in a report by Study Finds. The researchers from Durham University found that these...
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Experts Say Sea-Level Projections Way Low Amid Global Warming
Global warming could cause sea levels to rise much higher than previously predicted, experts say in a new paper.A paper entitled "Twenty-first century sea-level rise could exceed IPCC projections for strong-warming futures," says massive melting ice sheets, such as those...
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Why You Need Two Doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine
Both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines require two doses, three to four weeks apart for maximum protection. Experts say, while getting double doses might be a hassle, it is needed to have maximum protection against the virus.
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Study Shows Coronavirus Found in Hospital Air
A new study from Central Hospital at France's University of Nantes shows COVID-19 can be detected in hospital air in high amounts, which could explain how frontline healthcare workers contract the virus.
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Oxford Researchers Convert Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel
Researchers at Oxford University converted carbon dioxide into jet fuel in their lab using a new iron-based catalyst, a method they hope can eventually be used to reduce the carbon footprint of air travel. Oxford chemist Tiancun Xiao and colleagues published their study in...
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WH Wants to Ease Approval of Gene-Edited Meat
The Trump administration signaled its backing on Monday for transferring authority over gene-edited meat from the Food & Drug Administration following complaints from the livestock industry that the regulatory agency's approval process is too cumbersome.