Conventional PCR tests work by testing for the presence of viral fragments. While they can tell if someone has recently had the virus, they cannot detect whether it is still active, and the person is infectious. The test used in the latest study however gives a positive result only when the...
After excluding 4 duplicates and 9 cases occurring in children (<18 years), we selected 145 cases of AOSD associated with COVID-19 vaccine from the query conducted in VigiBase on April 20, 2022. No cases were excluded based on an inconclusive time to onset (TTO). The literature review rep...
Still Not Important Enough? COVID-19 Policy Views and Vote Choicedoi:10.1017/S1537592721001997Eric GuntermannGabriel S Lenz
What does COVID look like after being vaccinated? The PCR tests we use to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are very sensitive and can detect a positive case even if you have low levels of the virus in your system. This means a person can test positive for SARS-Co...
Since the initial phase of the epidemic, China has been counting the deaths of patients whose nucleic acid test results were positive as COVID-19 related deaths, Jiao said. The criterion, she said, is basically in line with standards adopted by the World Health Organization and major countries...
COVID-19 and liver transplantation: the jury is still outdoi:10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30313-7Oliver TavabieKushala AbeysekeraThomas TranahJeremy NayagamVaruna AluvihareThe Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
GENEVA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that COVID-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO's highest alert level. The announcement came although the number of weekly deaths is almost at its lowest level sinc...
COVID-19 cases still rising in Germany Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-08 07:47:09|Editor: Shi Yinglun Photo taken on March 6, 2020 shows an empty street in Heinsberg, a district in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has been rising in Germany. (Photo by ...
Chinas current normalized epidemic control and prevention measures are still the most effective against the Omicron variant, said Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, amid the detection of Omicron in North Chinas Tianjin. Wu gave everyone a ...
Since the initial phase of the epidemic, China has been counting the deaths of patients whose nucleic acid test results were positive as COVID-19 related deaths, Jiao said. The criterion, she said, is basically in line with standards adopted by the World Health Organization and major countries...