An early mutation may have made the pandemic harder to stop.
As the coronavirus swept across the world, it picked up random alterations to its genetic sequence. Like meaningless typos in
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What we know about AstraZeneca’s head-scratching vaccine results.
This month has seen a torrent of news about experimental vaccines to prevent Covid-19, with the latest development from AstraZeneca
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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
Day 1 for Joe Biden President-elect Joe Biden’s battle against the coronavirus officially began today. Mr. Biden’s pandemic response plan
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Priscilla Jana, Lawyer Who Battled Apartheid, Is Dead at 76
Priscilla Jana, a forthright human rights lawyer whose client list embraced both the fabled elite and the foot soldiers of
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‘The escape route is in sight’: Boris Johnson outlines the end of Britain’s lockdown.
Buoyed by promising results for a British-led coronavirus vaccine and signs of a slowdown in the infection rate, Prime Minister
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The pandemic is accelerating a change to change (the coin kind).
A funeral for cash has not yet been scheduled, but the pandemic has made it much easier to imagine a
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Cuomo invited his mother for Thanksgiving. New Yorkers noticed.
For days, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has been preaching a message of sacrifice during the holidays, warning
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Scotland Is 1st Nation to Make Period Products Free
LONDON — Scotland has become the first country in the world to make period products freely available to all who
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Deadly Bombing Shatters an Afghan Haven From War
HERAT, Afghanistan — Twin bombs tore through a crowded bazaar in what is considered the most peaceful province in Afghanistan
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Your Wednesday Briefing – The New York Times
A game plan for the rollout of vaccines As scientists dealing with Covid-19 worry about the rise of the anti-vaccine
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