The latest science news about an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
About 45 million people have received one or more shots of thePfizerorModernaCovid-19 vaccine, equal to 13.6% of the U.S. population, according to CDC data. On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's staff endorsedJohnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccinefor emergency use, a key...
In support of this hypothesis, influenza studies have shown T cells responding to the seasonal flu could cross-react with the pandemic H1N1 strain, and people who had these cross-reactive T cells suffered less severe H1N1 disease. More research is needed to know whether cross-reactive T cells ...
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told CNBC that Covid-19 vaccines developed byJohnson & JohnsonandNovavaxwill still beessential tools against new, emerging variants of the virus— even though the companies have said their shots may be less potent against a strain found in South Africa. People...
The FDA’s plan is to call its advisory panel for another meeting in late May or early June to decide if the vaccine recipe needs tweaking — including which virus strain to target. National FDA advisors meeting to discuss future of COVID-19 vaccines Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 11:08 ...
Rong WangCai-Hong WangXiao-Wen YaoYu-Xia ZhouXiao-Hui YuJiu-Cong ZhangJournal of Hainan Medical University
Researchers have shown that a variation in the viral genome of COVID-19 improved its ability to infect human cells and helped it become the dominant strain circulating around the world today. The study, published today in the journalCell, shows the variation is more infectious in cell cultures...
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has increased the strain on groups that work to prevent homelessness in Maryland, with experts saying single mothers and people of color are being hurt the most.
Many relationships face strain when they are forced to spend so much time together. It’s an acid test for relationships and doesn’t only happen due to Covid-19. Think of the guy who retires and finds himself at home with his (possibly much younger) Thai wife, all day, every day. ...
Researchers have found that the strains spreading so quickly in Europe and the U.S. have a mutated S “spike” protein that makes it about 10 times more infectious than the strain that originally was identified in Asia.