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How One Country Stopped COVID Dead in Its Tracks

Japan has a death rate of around 5 percent of the carnage in the U.S. thanks to massive vaccine rollout success and the universal acceptance that masks are a good idea.

David Axe

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RABBIT HOLE

What the Omicron Hysteria Is Getting Wrong

The new coronavirus variant has triggered a wave of mass panic across the globe. Is the frenzy justified?

David Axe

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RABBIT HOLE

This Is What’s Fueling the U.K.’s Mega-COVID Surge

Experts say there are valuable lessons to be learned from the alarming COVID infection rates sweeping the United Kingdom.

David Axe

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RABBIT HOLE

Triple-Jabbed Israel Exposes America’s Booster Shot Blunders

Israel’s aggressive booster-shot campaign seems on track to be a big success. Experts think America should take note.

David Axe

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IT TAKES TWO

Mixing and Matching Could Make This Vaccine Hot Again

Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine has taken a beating in the press. Some early data suggests vaccines like it could be a key ingredient in ideal protection.

David Axe

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HETEROLOGOUS JABS

Is America Heading Toward COVID Vaccine Mixing and Matching?

Much of the world is already doing it, and now some experts are pressing the CDC to follow suit here.

David Axe

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MUTATION NATION

This New COVID Variant Ran Rampant While We Weren’t Looking

First identified in Uganda, the A.23.1 variant is now in 27 countries around the world. Experts told The Daily Beast how it was left unchecked—and why we should watch it closely.

David Axe

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WHAT IT MEANS

Inside the Feds’ Surprise Rejection of COVID Booster Shot

Now it’s up to the FDA to act, or not act, on the recommendation that only certain groups of Americans need a third shot.

David Axe

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BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY

Why Is a COVID Vaccine for Kids Taking So Long?

Scientists point to the rollout of the polio vaccine as a cautionary tale.

David Axe

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Back to Hell

FL Guv’s School Reopening Scheme Looks Like a Delta Disaster

Florida has been a pandemic mess virtually from the jump. Now Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates—and lots of unvaxxed kids—could make a bad situation even worse.

David Axe

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‘MULTI-PHASE OPERATION’

Russian Vax Disinfo Push Used ‘Every Trick in the Book’

From trying to pay off European influencers to unsuccessfully simulating a hack-and-leak operation, the trolls were apparently desperate to sow fear about Western vaccines.

Adam Rawnsley

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