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Why is it so hard to review the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? Data.

MIT Technology
April 15, 2021

“We’ll never have perfect data, and there will always be uncertainty,” said Grace Lee, a professor at Stanford University and chair of the advisory panel’s COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical Subgroup,…

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New business models, big opportunity: Retail

MIT Technology
April 12, 2021

The global crisis only amplified retail challenges. Since March 2020, at least 347 US companies[1] cited the pandemic as a factor in their decisions to file for bankruptcy. Among them…

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US covid contract details are a “trade secret”—according to the contractors

MIT Technology
April 12, 2021

As part of our reporting, we requested several Deloitte contracts unrelated to the vaccine system from the US Food and Drug Administration. That agency also redacted similar information. “It’s basically…

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Got your covid shots? You might have to prove it.

MIT Technology
April 9, 2021

But despite the recent media coverage, political takes, and new app launches, it’s not clear what the long-term outlook for vaccine credentials might be. In the short run, they might…

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The CDC’s $1.75 billion sequencing boom may be throwing money at the wrong problem

MIT Technology
April 5, 2021

Instead of trying to work through these issues at the national level, the sequencing contracts allow individual public health agencies to request the names and contact information of people who…

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How has the US pandemic response increased inequality? Look at New York’s nail salons.

MIT Technology
April 2, 2021

All those stresses are adding up. Tony Nguyen, program coordinator at the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, says back rent is mounting and jobs are fewer. Older women, in particular,…

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The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 90% effective at stopping infection in the real world too

MIT Technology
March 30, 2021

Solid findings: This new study provides yet more promising data on the positive effect vaccines are starting to have on the pandemic. Last month, England’s health authority reported[1] that a…

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No one can find the animal that gave people covid-19

MIT Technology
March 26, 2021

One problem with the lab leak theory is that it presumes the Chinese are lying or hiding facts, a position incompatible with a joint scientific effort. This may have been…

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The US is about to reach a surprise milestone: too many vaccines, not enough takers

MIT Technology
March 22, 2021

The US has administered more than 118 million doses of covid-19 vaccines so far, and millions more are being injected every day. So far, demand from people who are desperate…

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Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out.

MIT Technology
March 18, 2021

It could have been career suicide for scientists to voice suspicions about a possible lab leak, says Metzl, especially when there was already a long history of viral disease outbreaks…

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Why is it so hard to review the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? Data.

New business models, big opportunity: Retail

US covid contract details are a “trade secret”—according to the contractors

Got your covid shots? You might have to prove it.

The CDC’s $1.75 billion sequencing boom may be throwing money at the wrong problem

How has the US pandemic response increased inequality? Look at New York’s nail salons.

The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 90% effective at stopping infection in the real world too

No one can find the animal that gave people covid-19

The US is about to reach a surprise milestone: too many vaccines, not enough takers

Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out.

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