Specific receptors in the immune cells detect and generate responses to defend against the virus that causes COVID-19—SARS-COV-2—when it infects the body, according to University of Maine immunology expert Mumtaz Yaseen ...
May 13, 2021
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More than a year into the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control finally changed their guidance to acknowledge SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be transmitted through ...
May 13, 2021
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It's 2:00 am and Ananya Maskara's face is lit up by her smartphone as she nervously scrolls through a list—looking for a green or yellow tab indicating that a COVID-19 vaccination slot is available in India's capital New ...
May 13, 2021
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COVID cases are declining quickly while vaccinations continue to rise slowly but surely in the United States, the former epicenter of the pandemic.
May 13, 2021
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At the peak of Kenya's third wave of COVID-19 in March, hospitals—buckling under the strain of the virus—saw their oxygen reserves fizzle out.
May 13, 2021
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Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study—launched earlier this year to investigate alternating doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine—have today reported preliminary data ...
May 13, 2021
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The government's COVID-19 travel plan will let new variants into the UK, warn experts in The BMJ today.
May 12, 2021
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Delaying the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines, at least for people aged under 65, could result in up to 20% lower mortality, but only under certain conditions, finds a US study published by The BMJ today.
May 12, 2021
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The catastrophic scale of the COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented, an independent global panel concluded Wednesday, but a "toxic cocktail" of dithering and poor coordination meant the warning signs went unheeded.
May 12, 2021
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Norway will drop AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from its immunisation programme due to concerns over rare side effects, and offer Johnson & Johnson's jab only to volunteers while it remains suspended, the government announced ...
May 12, 2021
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