Apple Store looks set to retain mask mandate for now
Despite some major stores relaxing rules regarding face masks, Apple has reportedly decided that shoppers at its stores will still need to wear a face covering.
Do we have any control over what the post-pandemic world looks like?
As more of the nation becomes vaccinated, restrictions are lifting, and we’re beginning to imagine what our “new normal” might look like. There are some things we want to change…
Lyft and Uber step up with free rides to all vaccine appointments
To help the Biden administration hit its goal of 70 percent of Americans getting at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4, Uber and Lyft are dropping…
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…