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For all the devastation the Covid-19 pandemic has caused, there is finally a bright spot: For the first time ever, drug companies created a vaccine against a novel pathogen within a year of its discovery—about a tenth of the time it usually takes. Regulatory authorities in the US, the UK, the EU, and Canada have all authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, a world-first for a vaccine based on messenger RNA. President-elect Joe Biden received his Pfizer jab on Dec. 21. A few days earlier, on Dec. 18, the US also authorized Moderna’s mRNA vaccine.

Mark Zuckerberg wanted to make his social network a reliable source about the pandemic. Instead he’s helped spread misinformation about vaccines causing infertility.

Our world has been in the midst of a reckoning around mental health for years, and the problem has only been exacerbated by Covid-19. Here's what you can do about it.

Chronic stress was rampant even before the pandemic. Leaders can’t ignore it any longer.

The company’s AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech. Now the man who built them can't fix the problem.

As the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout increasingly strains mental health, FDA officials have temporarily eased up on mHeath apps and telehealth services. According to the FDA, this would make digital therapeutic apps and “low-risk” telemedicine tools for mental health more available.

Open Thread: Have You Lost a Loved One to a Conspiracy Theory? The past four years have transformed fringe theories into mainstream movements. How has it changed us? In a new investigation for GEN …

As the conspiracy theories continue to creep northward, experts warn that we should be prepared for anything

Studies of millions of people, with the same place and time, provide fairer comparisons than clinical trials do

The article dispels myths surrounding the U.S. "vaccine court," clarifying that it provides easier compensation for vaccine-related injuries.

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The latest antivax claim is that COVID-19 vaccines are not vaccines, but rather gene therapy or medical devices. The claim is, of course, nonsense.

September is the time of the year when the CDC, state public health authorities, and doctors urge everyone to be vaccinated against the flu. In the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, that means antivaxxer

In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, to antivaxxers lipid nanoparticles are the new mercury.

The data are still out, but scientists are optimistic for partial protection.

Two psychiatrists offer advice on distinguishing between belief in conspiracies and outright delusions.

Leaders in the Global South and global health advocates are increasingly decrying vaccine hoarding by richer countries.