The New York Times
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Cade Metz
– Nov 30, 2020, 7:36 AM
Some scientists spend their lives trying to pinpoint the shape of tiny proteins in the human body. Proteins are the microscopic mechanisms that drive the behavior of viruses, bacteria, the human body and all living things. They begin as strings of…
The New York Times
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Donald G. McNeil Jr.
– Nov 30, 2020, 12:29 PM
Each week, good news about vaccines or antibody treatments surfaces, offering hope that an end to the pandemic is at hand. And yet this holiday season presents a grim reckoning. The United States has reached an appalling milestone: more than 1…
CNN
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Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
– Nov 30, 2020, 1:51 PM
London — A group of frontline medical workers, likely exhausted, stand huddled together on a video-conference call as China's most powerful man raises his hand in greeting. It is February 10 in Beijing and President Xi Jinping, who for weeks…
The New York Times
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Donald G. McNeil Jr.
– Nov 30, 2020, 3:01 PM
The first infant formulation of dolutegravir, an important first-line H.I.V. medication, will be available soon under an agreement between several pharmaceutical companies and global health initiatives. The new formulation will be strawberry…
The New York Times
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James Gorman
– Nov 27, 2020, 2:00 AM
In a 1988 essay on pandemics Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of The Rockefeller University, reminded the medical community that when it comes to infectious disease, the laws of Darwin are as important as the vaccines of Pasteur. As…
