COVID-19 due to the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant compared to B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of SARS-CoV-2: a prospective observational cohort study Article Open access 28 June 2022 Long-term health impacts of COVID-19 among 242,712 adults in England Article Open access 24 October 2023 As...
As of January 2024, thedominant variant of COVID-19 is EG.5, nicknamed Eris. This variant causes an estimated 24.5% of all COVID-19, which is expected to grow in the coming weeks. The second most prevalent is FL 1.5.1, nicknamedFornax,which accounts for 13.7% of all cases. XBB.1.16...
Loss of smell or taste is one of many symptoms of COVID-19, and people respond in different ways to infection (something we’re working hard to understand from the data we’re collecting). It’s important to remember that the common cold and other respiratory infections can also make you ...
About COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease) COVID-19 is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. Early on, many of the patients in the outbreak in Wuhan, China reportedly had some link to a large sea...
COVID Symptoms, Seroprevalence, and Mortality During the First Wave of SARS-CoV-2 in CanadaBackground: Canada had substantial mortality from COVID in the first SARS-CoV-2 wave, mostly in nursing homes. Efforts to stem the pandemic (including vaccinatSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Got COVID?Here are the new 2024 isolation guidelines Free, at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order yours New COVID vaccines are here. What to know about latest shots in wake of nation’s biggest summer surge COVID sickens older adults most severely, but less than half say...
COVID also seems to be assuming an infection pattern. However, research published last December shows that viral activity doesn’t disappear in the summer (like the flu practically does). While the number of COVID infections is lower overall during the warmer months, multiple infection peaks occu...
Time.Every minute counts when someone shows signs of a stroke. Call 911 right away. The FDA has approved the antiviral drug remdesivir (Veklury) and nirmatrelvir with ritonavir(Paxlovid) totreat COVID-19 in some people. Molnupiravir (Lagevrio) hasbeen given emergency use authorization for...
August 8, 2024 Health The COVID winter wave has arrived. Here’s where it’s spreading during the 2024–25 holiday season BY Lindsey Leake December 31, 2024 Politics Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 in biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history BY...
Is there more than one strain of SARS-CoV-2? Yes, the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate and there are several variants that are now spreading. Some are more contagious as well as more deadly than the original virus. Throughout the pandemic, scientists have kept a close eye on variants...