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Read More »Who Should Get the Covid-19 Vaccine Next? A Debate
In mid-December, before a key vote by an advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a public debate flared up over what might well be the most momentous policy decision of 2021: how to distribute the Covid-19 vaccine. This particular fight centered on how to balance the …
Read More »Plexiglass Barriers Won’t Stop the Virus at the Debate, Experts Warn
A box fan, an air filter — and duct tape to attach them. With four such cobbled together devices, at perhaps a total of $ 150, the vice-presidential debate on Wednesday night could be made much safer, according to experts in airborne viruses. Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala …
Read More »For Older People, Reassuring News in the Statin Debate
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, already one of the most popular medications worldwide, may become even more widely used as evidence grows of their safety and value to the elderly and their potential benefits beyond the heart and blood vessels. Among the latest are reports of the ability of several leading statins …
Read More »Does Widespread Disinfecting Kill the Coronavirus? It’s Under Debate
The images are compelling: Fire trucks in Tehran or Manila spray the streets. Amazon tests a disinfectant fog inside a warehouse, hoping to calm workers’ fears and get them back on the job. TV commercials show health care workers cleaning chairs where blood donors sat. Families nervously wipe their mail …
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