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FILE — A coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles, Jan. 3, 2021. A new modeling study hints that odor-based screens could quash outbreaks. But some experts are skeptical it would work in the real world. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)

January 19, 2021 at 7:20 pm

Could a smell test screen people for COVID?

A new modeling study hints that odor-based screens could quash outbreaks. But some experts are skeptical it would work in the real world.

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January 18, 2021 at 10:19 am

Twins with COVID Help Scientists Untangle the Disease’s Genetic Roots VIEW

After 35 years of sharing everything from a love for jazz music to tubes of lip gloss, twins Kimberly and Kelly Standard assumed that when...

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January 8, 2021 at 5:29 pm

Biden plans coronavirus vaccination blitz after inauguration

WASHINGTON — In a sharp break with the Trump administration, President-elect Joe Biden intends to release nearly all available doses of the coronavirus vaccine soon...

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January 8, 2021 at 12:55 pm

2 arthritis drugs reduce deaths among very sick COVID patients, study says

The British government on Friday issued new guidance encouraging health care providers to use two arthritis drugs to treat severely sick COVID-19 patients, following the...

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In an undated photo from the Environment Society of Oman, a blue whale in the Indian Ocean. Researchers said that the blue whale song that crackled through the teamÕs underwater recordings was unlike any they had heard. (Robert Baldwin/Environment Society of Oman via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY BLUE WHALES DISCOVERY BY KATHERINE WU FOR DEC. 23, 2020. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

January 5, 2021 at 6:00 pm

A new population of blue whales was discovered hiding in the Indian Ocean

The covert cadre of whales has its own signature anthem: a slow, bellowing ballad that’s distinct from any other whale song ever described. It joins...

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Barbara Johnston, left, and Paula Richards wait in line on Dec. 29, 2020, at the East County Regional Library in Lehigh Acres, Fla., where the Florida Department of Health in Lee County is offering a limited number COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk frontline health care workers and those 65 and older. Since even the first shot appears to provide some protection against COVID-19, some experts believe that the shortest route to containing the virus is to disseminate the initial injections as widely as possible now. (Octavio Jones/The New York Times) XNYT101 XNYT101

January 3, 2021 at 5:45 pm

As Rollout Falters, Scientists Debate New Vaccination Tactics

Scientists are locked in a heated debate: Is it wisest to hold back the second doses of coronavirus vaccine that everyone will need, to give...

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January 3, 2021 at 12:30 pm

U.S. officials consider half-doses of Moderna’s vaccine to give more people some immunity

A top official of Operation Warp Speed floated a new idea Sunday for stretching the limited number of coronavirus vaccine doses in the United States:...

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January 1, 2021 at 1:45 pm

Britain opts for mix-and-match vaccinations, confounding experts

Amid a sputtering vaccine rollout and fears of a new and potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, Britain has quietly updated its vaccination playbook...

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December 25, 2020 at 11:33 am

Boston doctor reports serious allergic reaction after getting Moderna’s COVID vaccine

A Boston physician said he developed a severe allergic reaction minutes after receiving Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, in the first week of the nationwide rollout...

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Director of nursing education Loraine Hopkins Pepe, left, administers the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Richard Fine, head of anesthesiology, at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Dec. 16, 2020. Striking a compromise between two high-risk population groups, a panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Sunday to recommend that people 75 and older be next in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the United States, along with about 30 million “frontline essential workers,” including emergency responders, teachers and grocery store employees. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times) XNYT51 XNYT51

December 21, 2020 at 5:14 am

What you can do post-vaccine, and when

Vaccines will not be a ticket back to 2019, but they provide you and society the best way to move forward. You'll still need to...

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