#Covid19
Jul 06, 2021
Vaccinated people less likely to infect others, study findings suggest Partial or full vaccination with mRNA Covid-19 vaccine was associated with lower viral load among breakthrough cases, suggestive...
Jul 06, 2021
Early in this century, post-SARS, and in a period when China started allowing more students and scientists to study abroad, collaboration and exchange between American and Chinese scientists blossomed...
Jul 05, 2021
Efficacy similar to that reported for mRNA vaccines Peer-reviewed findings from a phase III trial of the NVX-CoV2373 nanoparticle protein-based Covid-19 vaccine (Novavax) in the United Kingdom showed...
Jul 02, 2021
Listen to this story: (If you can’t see the audio player, click here to listen on SoundCloud.) Singing was the only time I felt in control of my lungs and, paradoxically, able to f...
Jul 02, 2021
The week before Brian Colvin was scheduled for shoulder surgery in November, he tested positive for covid-19. What he thought at first was a head cold had morphed into shortness of breath and chest co...
Jul 01, 2021
Booster doses may not be needed by many for years, or ever, findings suggest New research offers some of the first direct evidence showing mRNA Covid-19 vaccines to convey long-term protection agains...
Jul 01, 2021
Authors detail a case of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia after mRNA-1273 vaccination Although thrombosis with thrombocytopenia has been reported after vaccination with adenovirus vector vaccines for...
Jul 01, 2021
Most cases were in younger males, and most were mild Two case reports describe acute myocarditis in adult, mostly male recipients, occurring within days of receiving mRNA Covid-19 vaccines.The new re...
Jul 01, 2021
“The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION recently reversed its stance on children getting the Covid vaccine.” Instagram post, June 22, 2021 A social media post circulating on Facebook and I...
Jun 29, 2021
MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Post-COVID-19 conditions are common among patients diagnosed with COVID-19, and occur in 19 percent of asymptomatic patients, according to a white paper issue...
Jun 29, 2021
MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There are disparities in health and health care between hospitalized COVID-19 patients with schizophrenia and without severe mental illness, according to a st...
Jun 29, 2021
MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Reinfection following COVID-19 is possible, but rare, according to a study recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Adnan I. Qureshi, M.D., from...
Jun 29, 2021
MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have been reported after receipt of the Oxford-AstraZeneca severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2...
Jun 28, 2021
Workplace assessments in Washington helped ID cases that would have been missed Including workplace investigations in Covid-19 surveillance programs have the potential to extend contact tracing effor...
Jun 28, 2021
EUA based on results from four clinical trials The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitor tocilizumab (Actemra) to treat patients ages 2 years and older wh...
Jun 28, 2021
VIVALDI study finds 56% efficacy within 4-7 weeks Elderly residents of long-term care facilities receiving a single dose of either ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) or BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) m...
Jun 28, 2021
Having Covid-19 does increase the risk for the facial nerve disorder Facial nerve palsy has been identified as a possible adverse effect of vaccination against Covid-19 with mRNA vaccines, but no suc...
Jun 28, 2021
Researchers identified novel MIS-C subtypes Black and Latino children were over-represented in a cohort of kids with Covid-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome reported by researchers from ...
Jun 28, 2021
FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Persistent COVID-19-related anosmia has an excellent prognosis with nearly complete recovery at one year, according to a research letter published online June...
Jun 28, 2021
FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Hawaii will drop COVID-19 testing and quarantine rules for fully vaccinated travelers from the U.S. mainland in two weeks, Gov. David Ige announced Thursday. ...