Here’s what we know about the mu variant
A coronavirus variant known as mu or B.1.621 was designated by the World Health Organization as a “variant of interest” earlier this week.
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Republicans raise money on Facebook by tying migrant influx to covid surge
Sen. John Barrasso is among those seeking donations by suggesting immigrants are exacerbating the pandemic. Last year, Facebook said a similar claim amounted to hate speech.
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Kids sick with Covid are filling up children's hospitals in areas seeing spikes
'Absolutely household infections are the beginning of this pandemic, that is a major driving force in the spread of infections. We see it often within households, parents to children,' a pediatrician said.
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The Night the Oxygen Ran Out
A cascading series of failures, from the central government on down, left hospitals across India without medical oxygen, killing hundreds. One tragic night in Delhi shows how it happened.
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How a tiny media company is helping people get vaccinated
With many people still struggling to get covid shots in New York, one local newsletter has been acting as a vaccine matchmaker.
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California to Pay off all Past Due Rent Accrued During COVID, Giving Renters Clean Slate
The state's $5.2 billion in funds from Congressionally-approved aid packages is enough to pay off overdue rent, according to Newsom's senior counselor on housing and homelessness, Jason Elliott, the Associated Press reported. However, just $32 million out of $490 million in requests for rental assistance through May 31 have been covered so far, according to a California Department Housing and Community Development report.
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Austin was ‘the biggest winner’ of COVID tech migration
One of the pandemic’s biggest relocations came in December, when Silicon Valley stalwart Oracle moved its headquarters from Redwood City to a new campus in Austin after 44 years in the Bay Area
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Waive intellectual property protection for COVID vaccines and related technologies urge over 100 IP academic experts
World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property rules for COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and diagnostics must be suspended to help low and middle-income countries tackle the pandemic says a statement, co-led by LSE intellectual property academic experts and signed by over 100 others from around the world.
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Covid Didn’t Kill Cities. Why Was That Prophecy So Alluring?
A distrust of urban life has persisted in America, finding expression in different ways over time.
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Why Is the Intellectual Dark Web Suddenly Hyping an Unproven COVID Treatment?
World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property rules for COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and diagnostics must be suspended to help low and middle-income countries tackle the pandemic says a statement, co-led by LSE intellectual property academic experts and signed by over 100 others from around the world.