Novavax’s Vaccine Works Well — Except on Variant First Found in South Africa
An early analysis in Britain found that the vaccine had an efficacy rate of nearly 90 percent. But in a small South Africa trial, the efficacy rate dropped to just under 50 percent.
Debbie Hennessy, Cal State Official Dubbed ‘the Duchess,’ Dies at 80
She was a longtime university administrator who was given an affectionate nickname in her husband’s newspaper columns. She died of complications of Covid-19.
Your App Knows You Got Your Period. Guess Who It Told?
Millions of women use apps to track their cycles, and that data is often passed on to third-party companies, like Facebook and Google. But what if that data could be used to help women’s health research?
After Presidency, Trump Hotel in Washington Is a Limited Draw
Traffic on two recent evenings at the hotel was exceedingly slow, even after the city lifted a ban on indoor dining.
Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
The vaccination campaign in the U.S. is picking up pace. But there are hiccups.
Pelosi calls Greene’s assignment to education panel ‘appalling’
She called the decision to assign Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to the committee “absolutely appalling.”
Overlooked No More: Jay Jaxon, Pioneering Black Designer of French Couture
He worked in fashion houses like Jean-Louis Scherrer, Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior and dressed Annie Lennox, Thelma Houston and other stars.
As Pandemic Rages, Health Care Unions Find a Voice
Faced with the urgent need to protect their members and patients from the virus, labor organizations are pushing hospitals to do more.
Limited Testing in Mississippi Prisons May Be Obscuring Virus’s Toll
Mississippi officials are proud their prisons have some of the country’s lowest infection rates, but they’re not testing inmates without coronavirus symptoms.
A Dying Teacher, Worrying Over Students to His Last Breaths
The death of a beloved educator in Houston, like others across the country, has deepened teachers’ fears and conflict over in-person instruction during the pandemic.
Vaccination Day at Dodger Stadium: Hours of Traffic and 7,730 Shots
The lines at Los Angeles’s mass vaccination site are a portrait of the city. Men on motorcycles. Bangladeshi merchants. Retired record-company executives. Latina health care workers. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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