ANALYSIS: Studies on the positive effect of wearing masks in reducing coronavirus cases.

Two new data studies on demographics of vaccine hesitancy--declining but still there

Two new studies reveal that although COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has declined in the United States, 35.2% of adults 18 to 39 years and 8.7% of those 65 and older still said they would not partake as of March 2021 and November 2020, respectively.

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AstraZeneca court case: EU says company did ‘not even try’ to meet Covid vaccine contract

Analysis: COVID-19 spurs global push to tackle wealth gap

New tool collects and analyzes data on health disparities in the U.S.

Over and over, the pandemic has reinforced the reality of racial disparities in the U.S. health system. But that story remains difficult to see in the data, which is still inconsistently collected and reported across the country.

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Biden asks intelligence community to redouble efforts to determine definitive origin of the coronavirus

CDC Director says US needs adult immunization structure as Covid-19 vaccine rollout continues

Overview: India's virus caseload drops to lowest level in 6 weeks and other developments

C.D.C. Stops Investigating Mild Infections in Vaccinated Americans who did not need hospitalization

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No vaccine provides perfect protection, and so-called breakthrough infections after coronavirus vaccination are rare and unlikely to lead to serious illness. Federal health officials have told fully vaccinated people they no longer need to wear masks or maintain social distance because they are protected, nor do they need to be tested or quarantine after an exposure, unless they develop symptoms.

Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped investigating breakthrough infections among fully vaccinated people unless they become so sick that they are hospitalized or die.

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Report on US companies requiring workers to get vaccinated and others offering incentives

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Experts emphasize the need for younger Americans to get vaccinated

Half of US adults are now vaccinated against COVID-19 but pace is slowing.

Half of all American adults are officially fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, marking significant progress since the vaccines were first authorized in December.

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Closer looks and background on Wuhan lab and origins of coronavirus

NIH experts respond to questions about Wuhan lab at House committee hearing

Renewed interest in a lab-leak hypothesis prompted a few questions about the coronavirus’s origins at a House Appropriations subcommittee meeting Tuesday, amid discussion of the National Institutes of Health budget.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) held up a copy of the Wall Street Journal, referring to its recent story about workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China who became sick in November 2019. Harris asked Francis S. Collins, who directs NIH, whether it was correct that $600,000 of $3.7 million in NIH funding, given to the research group EcoHealth Alliance, was directed to the Wuhan facility. That was accurate, Collins said.

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US tells citizens to avoid travel to Japan due to Covid outbreak

EU leaders agree to donate 100 million doses of vaccines, strengthen W.H.O.

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