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Every week, students at KIPP Infinity Middle School, in West Harlem, file into a large auditorium and take their places on the designated floor markings, making sure to stand six feet apart. Then they pull down their masks and fill sterile…

Several measures to mitigate Covid-19 - including improving ventilation, requiring adults to wear face masks, and taking frequent surveillance tests - can help keep schools open and students safe, according to two new studies.The studies,…

Robert Kramer, CEO of Emergent BioSolutionsScott Mlyn | CNBCThe FDA is holding more than 100 million vaccine doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 for further testing after the agency found multiple security breaches at a facility…

Since Covid-19 first appeared in the blocked Gaza Strip, the authorities have only been able to conduct a relatively small number of coronavirus tests due to the lack of medical care.Now the only laboratory in Gaza processing test results…

In January 2020, just a few weeks after the first Covid-19 cases appeared in China, the full genome of the new coronavirus was published online. Using this genomic sequence, the scientists developed a wide range of diagnostic tests for the…

In this photo image, the "COVID-19 PCR test result has been verified" message from the IATA (International Air Transport Association) Travel Pass app mobile application is displayed on a smartphone screen in front of the IATA logo.Pavlo…

A nurse draws a vaccine for Moderna Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on March 5, 2021 at the East Valley Community Health Center in La Puente, California.Lucy Nicholson | ReutersThe National Institutes of Health have started testing a new…

Pfizer has started testing its Covid-19 vaccine in children under the age of 12. This is an important step in reducing the pandemic. The first participants in the study, a pair of 9-year-old twin girls, were vaccinated on Wednesday at…

Last May, the city of Los Angeles turned a fabled baseball park into a mass test site for the coronavirus. In its prime, Dodger Stadium tested 16,000 people for the virus every day, making it the largest testing site in the world, said Dr.…

The pharmaceutical company Moderna has started a study testing its Covid vaccine in children under the age of 12, including babies as young as six months, the company said Tuesday.The study is expected to enroll 6,750 healthy children in…