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UpdatedMon, Mar 8, 2021 at 10:36 am ET Replies(32) The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was approved this week and began distribution in Pennsylvania. It is the third vaccine to become available in the state. ( Jon Cherry/Getty Images) PENNSYLVANIA — The new single-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine arrived in Pennsylvania earlier this month to much fanfare, as it brought sweeping changes to the state's policy on immunizing teachers and school staff. With the latest approval of an emergency use authorization from the FDA last weekend, there are now three COVID-19 vaccines in circulation i...

Print article The (mostly voluntary) lockdown accompanying the pandemic has provided plenty of time for reading. And re-reading. I have been reading and re-reading the plays, essays, sketches and commentary of David Mamet. Mamet’s plays include “American Buffalo,” “Oleanna” and, most famously, “Glengarry Glen Ross,” which was adapted into a widely acclaimed film. The film version has a cast that includes Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin and Kevin Spacey. An all-star lineup, all men. The play explores men at their most base. Abusive, cynical, graspin...

New Variants Spark Reinfection Concerns, Raise Questions About Herd Immunity Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder © (Karwai Tang/Getty Images) BOREHAMWOOD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Care worker Jordan Lewis (R) receives the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Med Mart pharmacy on February 15, 2021 in Borehamwood, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/Getty Images) New coronavirus variants are throwing yet another wrench at the idea of reaching herd immunity. As the virus spread across the world, infecting over 100 million people, it had the opportunity to mutate. Not every change was im...

SHOW TRANSCRIPT As if the current surges weren’t bad enough, some are worried about the impact two variants — mutations in the coronavirus — could have.   "This is a raging inferno across many parts of the world still," Dr. Ben Singer, a critical care specialist at Northwestern Medical Center, said. Across the country, doctors like Ben Singer are fighting fatigue as more and more Covid patients come in. First, there’s the UK variant-B117 we’ve heard a lot about in recent weeks. So far, health officials have documented more than 70 cases in 11 states. It’s not more deadly, but it...

Scientists identify target to treat COVID pneumonia and reduce severity Clinical trials with new experimental drug to begin early in 2021 Goal is to develop treatments that make COVID-19 no worse than a common cold First comparison between immune mechanisms driving COVID-19 pneumonia with other pneumonias CHICAGO --- Bacteria or viruses like influenza that cause pneumonia can spread across large regions of the lung over the course of hours. In the modern intensive care unit, these bacteria or viruses are usually controlled either by antibiotics or by the body's immune system within the first ...