In July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant of COVID-19 "is as transmissible as chickenpox."
Nov 11, 2021
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Next generation vaccines for COVID-19 should aim to induce an immune response against 'replication proteins', essential for the very earliest stages of the viral cycle, concludes new research carried out by UCL scientists.
Nov 10, 2021
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If you or a loved one are immunocompromised, and therefore at a higher risk of becoming severely ill from COIVD-19, it's more important than ever to plan ahead for upcoming holiday gatherings. Among those at heightened risk ...
Nov 9, 2021
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More than four times as many businesses and clinics than were identified in 2016 are selling stem cell products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and lack convincing evidence of safety and efficacy, according ...
Nov 4, 2021
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Doctors are working to understand why some children and adolescents who get COVID-19 make a clean recovery, while others go on to develop long COVID, a condition marked by new, returning, or ongoing symptoms such as brain ...
Nov 4, 2021
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Throughout each day, Cheryl Bettigole receives granular, neighborhood-level updates on the numbers we've all been hearing for months. The percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19. Transmission rates. Hospitalizations, ...
Nov 3, 2021
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The term herd immunity means that enough of a population has gained immunity to stifle a pathogen's spread. You can think of herd immunity as being similar to fire starting in a field: If the field is dry and filled with ...
Nov 3, 2021
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The Dutch health council advised the government Tuesday to begin giving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to everybody 60 and older and residents of nursing homes, saying it was seeing indications that COVID-19 protection was ...
Nov 2, 2021
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A medicine licensed to treat psoriasis worsened symptoms in patients with severe asthma, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Oct 28, 2021
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Moderna and Johnson & Johnson booster shots and also said Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can receive a booster shot of a vaccine that is ...
Oct 21, 2021
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