At least 10,000 vaccinated people were infected with the coronavirus through the end of April. Now the agency has stopped pursuing the mildest cases. Source: New York Times
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Mount Sinai Seeks to Expand School Virus Testing Program
By Gotham Rex on May 25, 2021
The health system, which is preparing to open a new laboratory that could process 100,000 tests a day, wants to take its program to public schools this fall. Source: New York Times
The Case of Long Island’s Disappearing Brood X Cicadas
By Gotham Rex on May 19, 2021
The insect cohort known as Brood X may not emerge on Long Island, a sign of humanity’s effects on even nature’s most reliable periodic events. Source: New York Times
Why the C.D.C. Changed Its Advice on Masks
By Gotham Rex on May 14, 2021
Two scientific findings altered the calculus: Vaccinated people don’t transmit the virus, and the shots are effective against variants. Source: New York Times
C.D.C. Advisers Endorse Pfizer Vaccine for Children Ages 12 to 15
By Gotham Rex on May 12, 2021
Immunizations will quickly begin nationwide, officials predicted. Source: New York Times
FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for Children 12 to 15
By Gotham Rex on May 10, 2021
The shots may allow millions of youngsters to get back to school, camps, sleepovers and hangouts with friends. Source: New York Times
Vaccines Are Effective Against the New York Variant, Studies Find
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2021
The research adds to a growing number of findings suggesting the Pfizer and Moderna shots are protective against the variants identified so far. Source: New York Times
Many Children With Serious Inflammatory Syndrome Had No Covid Symptoms
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2021
Pediatricians should be vigilant, experts said, after the release of the largest U.S. study of the syndrome, MIS-C, that can strike young people weeks after their coronavirus infection. Source: New York Times
‘There Was Nothing Anybody Could Do for These Patients.’ Now There Is.
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2021
The first successful direct transplant of a trachea is a medical milestone that could help thousands of people with airways damaged by ventilators and other causes. Source: New York Times
Can Vaccinated People Spread the Virus? We Don’t Know, Scientists Say.
By Gotham Rex on April 1, 2021
Researchers pushed back after the C.D.C. director asserted that vaccinated people “do not carry the virus.” Source: New York Times
The Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Is Said to Be Powerfully Protective in Adolescents
By Gotham Rex on March 31, 2021
A clinical trial found no symptomatic infections among vaccinated children ages 12 to 15, the companies said, and there were no serious side effects. The data have not yet been reviewed by independent experts. Source: New York Times
Why Virus Tests at One Elite School Ran Afoul of Regulators
By Gotham Rex on March 30, 2021
In the suburbs of Chicago, New Trier High School offers a lesson in just how complicated it can be to track the coronavirus in schools. Source: New York Times
How to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors? Take the Shots to Them.
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2021
Millions of older Americans, chronically ill and trapped at home, pose a big challenge to inoculation efforts. Doctors are on it. Source: New York Times
How Much Weight Did We Gain During Lockdowns? 2 Pounds a Month, Study Hints
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2021
Many Americans know they’ve put on weight during the pandemic, but it’s been difficult for experts to detail the scope of the problem. Source: New York Times
First Covid, Then Psychosis: ‘The Most Terrifying Thing I’ve Ever Experienced’
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2021
Like a small number of Covid survivors with no previous mental illness, Ivan Agerton developed psychotic symptoms weeks after his coronavirus infection. Source: New York Times