Here’s what you need to know: Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Credit…Frank Franklin Ii/Associated Press New York City has fewer than 1,000 Covid-19 doses on hand because of shipment delays caused by snowstorms across the country, the city reported on Saturday. The delays brought the city’s “entire vaccination effort” to a “standstill,” Avery Cohen, a … Read more
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s V-Safe tracks the state of health after a shot. (GeekWire photo) They say the second vaccine for COVID-19 is rougher than the first – and we’re not just talking about the side effects. As a newly double-vaccinated member of the 65-year-old set, I can vouch for the claim … Read more
Patients wait after receiving their Covid-19 puffs on February 11 at a vaccination center in Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Covid-19 infections in England have fallen by more than two-thirds in the last few weeks, according to initial results of a survey on the prevalence in the community. The interim … Read more
If the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine seems messy and incomprehensible, with numbers that don’t add up and assignments that don’t make sense, you are not alone. Even people who study this for a living are at a loss. “Neither of us know what’s going on,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scientist at the … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Yankee Stadium has become a vaccination site in the Bronx.Credit…Kirsten Luce for The New York Times The first of millions of New Yorkers with chronic health conditions lined up to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at sites around the city on Monday, a day after people inundated a state website … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Genomic sequencing can detect and track virus variants, but the United States is sequencing relatively few coronavirus test samples. Lab technicians at Duke University prepared samples for sequencing earlier this month.Credit…Pete Kiehart for The New York Times As Americans anxiously watch the spread of coronavirus variants that were first … Read more
In a boot camp that started in January, students from the University of Washington School of Nursing are training other UW students and faculties who want to help with COVID-19 vaccinations. (Photo by Kiyomi Taguchi / University of Washington) With Washington residents struggling to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations, a volunteer team of software engineers … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: The seven-day average of daily new coronavirus tests has declined to 1.7 million from a high of 2.1 million last month.Credit…Pete Kiehart for The New York Times The number of coronavirus tests administered daily in the United States has been trending downward for more than two weeks. And though … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: The Tokyo Olympics organizers released a booklet on staying safe during the games.Credit…Pool photo by Du Xiaoyi No cheering, singing or handshakes. And no riding public transportation without special permission. After nearly two months of relative silence amid new waves of coronavirus infection in Japan and many other countries, … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Senator Susan Collins of Maine led a group of Republicans seeking a compromise with the White House on Covid relief legislation. Credit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times Ten Republican senators wrote to President Biden on Sunday, outlining a framework for coronavirus relief legislation and pushing for Mr. Biden to … Read more