Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO: COVID-19 cases mostly drop, except for the Americas
The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January, the World Health Organization said.
May 26, 2022
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News tagged with omicron variant
Immunology
Vaccinated individuals develop more robust and broadly reactive antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants
A recent study jointly conducted by the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) shows that vaccinated individuals can develop ...
May 25, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When is a COVID mutation a new variant, and when is it a subvariant? What's a recombinant?
We've all become familiar with virus mutations over the course of the pandemic, and can all probably list off the COVID variants including alpha, delta and omicron. But now we're hearing more and more about subvariants, as ...
May 25, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents sent to quarantine
Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents were relocated to quarantine hotels overnight due to a handful of infections, as the capital begins to take more extreme control measures resembling virus-hit Shanghai.
May 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID in South Africa: What to expect in the short and long term
In light of the approaching winter months combined with the recent lifting of the national disaster act, South Africans have anxiously been watching an increase in COVID infections. The Conversation Africa spoke to infectious ...
May 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID booster needed for broad protection against omicron variants
A COVID-19 booster shot will provide strong and broad antibody protection against the range of omicron sublineage variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in circulation, two new studies using serum from human blood samples suggest.
May 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A third of US should be considering masks, officials say
COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States—and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking.
May 18, 2022
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Immunology
'Natural immunity' from omicron is weak and limited, study finds
In unvaccinated people, infection with the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 provides little long-term immunity against other variants, according to a new study by researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF), ...
May 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Germany OKs more COVID-19 vaccine spending for this fall
Germany plans to spend another 830 million euros ($872 million) to buy new coronavirus vaccines that will allow the country to deal with a series of possible variants this fall, the health minister said Wednesday.
May 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Got COVID again? Your symptoms may be milder, but this won't always be the case
So you're starting to feel unwell. Your throat hurts, your head aches, you feel tired and you've developed a cough.
May 17, 2022
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