Vaccination

High effectiveness of mix-and-match COVID-19 vaccines

People who had received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and received an mRNA vaccine for their second dose had a lower risk of infection compared to people who had received both doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pandemic slows for sixth week

The coronavirus pandemic slowed for a sixth week in a row around the world.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pandemic slows for fifth week

The coronavirus pandemic slowed down for a fifth week in a row around the world.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pandemic slows for fourth week

The coronavirus pandemic continued to slow down for a fourth week in a row around the world.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Covid surges in US as rest of world stabilises

North America suffered a new surge in coronavirus infections this week and US deaths increased by a fifth, while the pandemic stabilised in the rest of the world.

Psychology & Psychiatry

What's behind people's hesitancy towards vaccination?

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes essential to understand why people refuse or indefinitely delay vaccination. A new Polish study, conducted at the Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland) and the SWPS University ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US opens more distance in worldwide race against coronavirus

The United States opened more distance between itself and much of the rest of the world Thursday, nearing the 200 millionth vaccine administered in a race to protect the population against COVID-19, even as other countries, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Beijing launches mass testing to stem virus outbreak

Beijing on Friday kicked off a drive to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushed to snuff out a new local cluster of cases believed to be linked to a more contagious virus variant.

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