Vaccination
FDA approves updated Novavax COVID vaccine
Federal regulators on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to an updated Novavax COVID vaccine, giving Americans a more traditional alternative to two recently revamped mRNA vaccines.
Oct 4, 2023
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Medical research
Research may explain why men are more likely to experience severe cases of COVID-19
A new study by a team of researchers at the University of Toronto's Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) has uncovered biological reasons underlying sex differences in COVID-19 outcomes, offering a promising ...
Oct 3, 2023
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Vaccination
Study uncovers reasons Americans did not get booster vaccines
In September 2022, new bivalent COVID-19 boosters became available in the United States, but less than 20% of the eligible population ultimately received one. A new study led by researchers in the University of Arizona Mel ...
Oct 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Trivalent vaccine candidate fights measles, mumps, SARS-CoV-2
Altered measles and mumps viruses could be used as a platform to create a trivalent COVID-19 vaccine that triggers immunity to multiple variant strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, new research in animals suggests.
Oct 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Heavily mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 not as resistant to antibodies as first feared
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet who studied SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86, found that the new variant was not significantly more resistant to antibodies than several other variants that are circulating. The study also showed ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds SARS-CoV-2-associated sepsis was more common, deadly than previously thought
New research suggests that the virus responsible for COVID-19 was a more common and deadly cause of sepsis during the initial period of the pandemic than previously assumed.
Sep 29, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New rapid electronic diagnostic test for infectious diseases
A new molecular test for bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 has been developed by scientists at the University of Surrey, as they warn that the world needs to be prepared for the next pandemic.
Sep 27, 2023
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Genetics
COVID-19 mutations and their links to excessive immune responses
Mutations on a key SARS-CoV-2 viral protein are linked to extreme immune responses and could offer a novel vaccine target.
Sep 27, 2023
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Medical research
Antiviral peptide prevents SARS-CoV-2 from infecting host cells
Emory Vaccine Center researchers say they have identified the Achilles heel of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Sep 26, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Contagious omicron strain found to replicate early in infection
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has produced a number of variants, including alpha, beta, delta and omicron, each with its own subvariants.
Sep 25, 2023
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