A new study, published in the journal Paediatric Research, provides evidence that the number of school-age children admitted to hospital with coronavirus did not rise significantly in the second wave of the disease when compared ...
Apr 22, 2022
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New research to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23–26 April), suggests that the symptoms connected to long COVID could be different ...
Mar 25, 2022
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As the world enters a third year of pandemic-related uncertainties, one thing does seem certain: The SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates and keeps us on our toes.
Jan 13, 2022
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(HealthDay)—COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a smaller reduction in transmission of the Delta variant compared with the alpha variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), according to ...
Jan 7, 2022
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The COVID-19 crisis that gripped the UK between September 2020 and June 2021 can be thought of as a series of overlapping epidemics, rather than a single event, say researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, EMBL's European ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, recently announced that the delta variant is no longer of concern because it now comprises 98% of new cases in the country and is therefore "the normal variant."
Jul 22, 2021
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A new Finnish study shows that 180 health care workers who had received two doses of the Pfizer and Biontech vaccine have very good antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The immune response was as strong against ...
Jun 30, 2021
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When it comes to infectious diseases, the United Kingdom is like the "canary in our mine," according to Texas A&M University virologist Benjamin Neuman. When a virus is spreading there, it will soon make its way to the United ...
Jun 25, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The delta variant of the coronavirus that once crippled India now accounts for 20 percent of infections in the United States, Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...
Jun 24, 2021
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The highly contagious Delta variant could soon account for 90 percent of new coronavirus cases in the EU, the bloc's disease control agency said Wednesday, urging members to spur vaccination drives.
Jun 23, 2021
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