5 big COVID vaccine myths, debunked
Elvis got publicly vaccinated for polio in 1956, inspiring many Americans to protect themselves against the viral scourge. Today, the crippling disease no longer exists in the U.S. What will…
Drones are delivering COVID-19 vaccines in Africa through ‘highways in the sky’
Zipline, a medical delivery drone system, is working to deliver millions of COVID-19 vaccines across Africa. To overcome this pandemic, new infrastructure must be utilized to ensure that the global…
Facebook’s most popular post about the J & J COVID vaccine was posted by a conspiracy theorist
Anti-vaxxers are having a field day with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine news that broke earlier this week. And that news is helping them go viral on Facebook. The…
How to get a Covid-19 vaccination appointment in every state
Generally, to get a vaccine appointment, users have to navigate either a government health department portal or sign up on select local retail pharmacies’ websites, made possible through the Federal…
Why it takes 2 weeks for the Covid vaccines to kick in
The FDA-authorized Covid vaccines are, in some ways, like Spiderman. “When Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive spider, he’s not able to climb walls right away,” said Dr. Vince…
150,000 handpainted hearts on memorial wall represent each life lost to COVID in the UK
150,000 hand-painted red and pink hearts line a wall beside the River Thames in London, with each heart representing a person lost to COVID-19 in the UK. The National COVID…
Scientists figured out the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine’s code and posted it on Github
Hackers have posted a brand new trove of reverse-engineered data on Github. And by “hackers,” I mean “scientists.” And that trove of “reverse-engineered data” is the mRNA sequence which makes…
Facebook freezes Venezuela president’s page for promoting a false COVID-19 ‘cure’
Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, had his Facebook page temporarily frozen for violating the tech giant’s policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19, Reuters reports. Back in January, Maduro publicly advocated that…
FTC warns of ‘vaccine survey’ scams, because people are the worst
There’s no good thing that scammers won’t try to ruin. The Federal Trade Commission issued a warning Wednesday that unscrupulous actors are preying upon the newly vaccinated, attempting to trick…
How to volunteer your time to help people get vaccinated
If you’ve got impressive tech skills, medical knowledge, or even just some extra time on your hands to sit down and click a refresh button, it might be worth lending…