In January 2022, around the time that the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 started spreading rapidly, a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) led by Shashank Tripathi, Assistant Professor at the Department ...
Mar 20, 2023
0
37
The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is much less likely to lead to long COVID than the variant circulating at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology ...
Mar 8, 2023
0
44
Compared to adults who did not have COVID in the first wave (March to September 2020), adults infected with COVID-19 in that first wave were 40% less likely to become infected during the first six months of omicron activity ...
Mar 6, 2023
0
7
Breath analysis seems promising for COVID-19 detection, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in JAMA Network Open.
Mar 1, 2023
0
0
For someone previously infected with COVID-19, their risk of hospitalization or death is 88% lower for at least 10 months compared to those who had not been previously infected, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis ...
Feb 16, 2023
0
82
Two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy are highly effective against delta and moderately effective against omicron infection, and are linked to a lower risk of hospital admission in infants under six months of ...
Feb 8, 2023
0
66
Vaccine protection against severe outcomes from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) lasts at least six months after the second dose, but protection is lower for older patients, according to a study ...
Feb 8, 2023
0
4
An international research team has provided one of the first real-world estimates of vaccine effectiveness against omicron infections, irrespective of symptoms or severity. From a serological survey of 5,310 blood donors ...
Feb 7, 2023
4
128
Testing plays a crucial role in humanity's strategy to mitigate the effects of widespread COVID-19 infection. However, given multiple options for testing and the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant, how do ...
Jan 30, 2023
0
15
Using prenatal magnetic resonance imaging, a group of MedUni Vienna researchers examined the placentas and fetuses of women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy. Their research results demonstrate that the ...
Jan 23, 2023
0
67
