A team of WHO scientists in China says the coronavirus likely first spread to humans through an animal. / The Guardian A new study finds that people with dementia are at significantly greater risk of contracting Covid-19 and suffering its worst outcomes. / The New York Times. Texas Republican Ron Wright
The WHO says Ebola has returned in an area of Congo that was one of the epicenters of the second-largest outbreak. / Bloomberg Biden refuses to lift economic sanctions on Iran unless it complies with the 2015 nuclear deal. Khamenei says sanctions must be eased first. / BBC Demand remains lower,
"This is the definition of defamation." Legal experts weigh in on voting software company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News. / CNN Following the Smartmatic lawsuit, Fox News cancels Lou Dobbs Tonight, its highest-rated show and a promoter of Trump's election fraud
Ed Yong: How Covid-19 has changed science this past year—and offered the industry an opportunity for self-correction. / The Atlantic Scientists have been overwhelmed by media attention lately. Some advice (for anybody, really) on how to engage. / Science Helen Branswell: Don't believe necessarily what you hear
Israel becomes the first country where vaccinations are beginning to drive down Covid numbers. / BuzzFeed News The side effects of the Covid vaccine's second dose are a feature, not a bug. / The Atlantic Anti-vaxxers are using a long-standing database of vaccine side effects to spread misinformation
Why rich countries should foot the bill for the world’s vaccination: to save several trillion dollars. / The New Yorker Now trending: Criminals selling forged negative Covid-19 test results to people looking to bypass travel restrictions. / CNBC Dr. Fauci urges Americans to “lay low” and not hold Super Bowl
Following the deadliest month of the pandemic so far, US cases and hospitalizations are plummeting. / Associated Press Also: "More Americans have now received at least one dose [of the vaccine] than have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began." / Bloomberg An interactive simulation shows when America
David Leonhardt: The news about the vaccines continues to be excellent—and public discussion of it continues to be more negative than the facts warrant. / The New York Times On Saturday, anti-vax protesters disrupted operations at Dodger Stadium’s mass vaccination site. / The Los Angeles Times See also: A
Video shows the suspect believed to have planted pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the Capitol insurrection. / The Washington Post A reporter's terrifying, minute-by-minute account of being in the Senate during the Jan. 6 attacks. / Poynter The CDC mandates that masks
Johnson & Johnson's Covid vaccine is only 66% effective at preventing moderate to severe illness, but appears to be 100% effective at preventing hospitalization or death. / STAT Covid can trigger antibodies that attack a patient's own tissues—rather than the virus—in a condition that can
