A Virologist Explains Their Concerns About Coronavirus Variants
Spring has sprung, and there is a sense of relief in the air. After one year of lockdowns and social ...
Tag: SARS-CoV-2
What is Thrombocytopenia, the Rare Condition Possibly Linked to the AstraZeneca Vaccine?
The federal government has asked Australia’s medical and vaccine regulators to urgently consider the European Medicines Agency’s finding of a ...
New Initiative to Support Studies of the Bat Immune System
Understanding the mechanisms of how bats regulate immune responses to clear infections and prevent excessive inflammation may lead to a ...
National Vaccine Trial Will Focus on Those with History of Severe Allergies or Mast Cell Disorder
In a carefully controlled clinical trial, Michigan Medicine researchers will examine whether participants who are highly allergic or have a ...
Images of Cells Exposed to COVID-19 Vaccine Reveal Native-Like Coronavirus Spikes
New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells ...
CDC Awards $3 Billion in Wide-Reaching Campaign to Boost Vaccination Uptake
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded funding to support local efforts to increase vaccine uptake ...
Increased Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Not Likely Due to Increased Environmental Survivability
The deactivating effects of heat and sunlight on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are consistent across different variants of ...
New Insights on Cause of Rare Anaphylaxis Following COVID-19 Vaccination
On the first day of the UK campaign for COVID-19 vaccination, there were reports of two cases of anaphylaxis--a severe, ...
COVID-19: Men Create More Antibodies After Asymptomatic Infection, and Keep Them Longer
As COVID-19 has swept across the globe, it seems that high transmission rates have partly been driven by a large ...
Pattern of Dominance: B.1.1.7 Variant 40-50 Percent More Transmissible, Spreading Rapidly in U.S.
The faster-spreading B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in the United Kingdom is quickly on its way to becoming the ...
Genomic Surveillance: Why We Need to Ramp Up Sequencing to End the Pandemic
“You can’t fix what you don’t measure” is a maxim in the business world. And it holds true in the ...
How COVID-19 Pandemic Changes Medical Research, Teaching and Patient Care
A virtual presentation on “How COVID-19 Pandemic Changes Medical Research, Teaching and Patient Care” will be held on March 20, ...
New Study Confirms Covid-19 Link to Hearing Loss, Tinnitus and Vertigo
Some viruses, such as measles, mumps and meningitis, can cause hearing difficulties, but what about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...
How Good Is the AstraZeneca Vaccine – And Is It Really Safe?
Over the past few months, there have been concerns over how effective and how safe the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine really ...
People Gave Up on Flu Pandemic Measures a Century Ago When They Tired of Them – and Paid a Price
Picture the United States struggling to deal with a deadly pandemic. State and local officials enact a slate of social-distancing ...
How Effective is the First Shot of the Pfizer or Moderna Vaccine?
As the COVID-19 vaccines reach more people across the country, some people have asked: Could we delay the second dose ...
Two Gaps to Fill for the 2021-2022 Winter Wave of COVID-19 Cases
Epidemiologists – like oncologists and climate scientists – hate to be proven right. A year ago this week, the communications ...
Applying Lessons from Annual Flu Vaccine Strain Selection to COVID Variants
While the future of the pandemic remains uncertain, we’ll probably have to live with COVID-19 for some time. We face ...
Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months Before First Cases in Wuhan, China
Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at ...
mRNA Treatment Shows Promise for Stopping Flu and COVID-19 Viruses
With a relatively minor genetic change, a new treatment developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory ...
