NIH director Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of COVID lockdowns
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Dozens of universities face legal action from students who say they missed out during the pandemic.
Amy Acton’s service to retiring Gov. Mike DeWine gives her bipartisan credibility in a Republican state, but that service, leading Ohio’s pandemic response, also stirs charged emotions.
You can’t blame this one on the stork. After a brief baby bump early in the COVID-19 pandemic, birth rates in the US and other wealthy countries dropped as the public health emergency eased. That sudden decline sparked online speculation that the rollout of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines could have played a role,
One of the UK’s leading universities has agreed to pay £21mn to settle a lawsuit brought by students over Covid disruption, a watershed move that is set to put pressure on other institutions to compensate graduates.
A rare but serious clotting disorder linked to certain COVID-19 vaccines and natural adenovirus infections has puzzled scientists for years.
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed trillions in emergency spending, nearly $1 billion in unemployment benefits is still sitting
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.