Tag Archives: Public health

What does it mean to say that a new drug “works”?

John Beigel’s problem was that not enough Covid-19 people died. Not that he wanted them to, of course. It’s just that, as dire as the pandemic has been, it hasn’t killed as many people as it seemed. And Beigel, a researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, …

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First COVID-19, now mosquitoes: booster for insect-borne diseases

Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and a painful headache when her parents found her numb in her bed one morning last fall. Doctors finally diagnosed Sudbury, Massachusetts, 5, a resident with eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but severe mosquito-borne virus that causes brain inflammation. Garabedian survived …

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US coronavirus deaths exceed 140,000 as outbreak worsens

(Reuters) – Deaths in the United States from the new coronavirus surpassed 140,000 on Saturday, as cases continued to rise in 42 of 50 states in the past two weeks, according to a Reuters count. Since the end of June, the United States has seen a resurgence in new cases …

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