When it comes to children, it is becoming clear that COVID-19 impacts them more than was initially realized. Yet there is relatively little information about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, in pediatric populations. ...
Nov 20, 2020
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A randomized trial of more than 6,000 participants in Denmark adds new evidence to what is known about whether masks protect the wearer from SARS-CoV-2 infection in a setting where public health measures, including social ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Two recently published studies from Kansas State University researchers and collaborators have led to two important findings related to the COVID-19 pandemic: Domestic cats can be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2, but ...
Nov 18, 2020
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In a comprehensive review of research studies looking at infections from SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—in infants less than three months old, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that the majority of these ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Scientists from Northwell Health Laboratories have developed a new diagnostic multiplex assay that can be used for epidemiological surveillance and clinical management of COVID-19. The Northwell Health Laboratories laboratory-developed ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Until now, it was unclear whether a survived SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 leads to a persistent immunological memory and thus can protect against a new infection. Several studies had shown that SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies ...
Nov 17, 2020
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For COVID-19, the difference between surviving and not surviving severe disease may be due to the quality, not the quantity, of the patients' antibody development and response, suggests a new Cell paper published by Galit ...
Nov 13, 2020
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In the time of COVID, greetings are no longer by handshakes, hugs or kisses on the cheek. An "elbow bump" is the preferred pandemic greeting.
Nov 13, 2020
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Exposure to COVID-19 could pose a risk to the health and aging of individuals who aren't even born yet, according to a newly published analysis by USC researchers.
Nov 13, 2020
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A new study published in Science confirms that SARS-CoV-2 has mutated in a way that's enabled it to spread quickly around the world, but the spike mutation may also make the virus more susceptible to a vaccine.
Nov 12, 2020
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