Omicron subvariants weaken vaccine and antibody treatment effectiveness
Scientists from Columbia University found only one currently authorized antibody treatment retains its activity against all Omicron subvariants.
They also found that the effectiveness of...
Pfizer vaccine prevented almost 700,000 hospitalizations and 110,000 deaths in US
Scientists found that in 2021 the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine prevented 8.7 million symptomatic cases of the virus, as well as 690,000 hospitalizations and more than...
Trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect people with COVID-19
Scientists from the University of Helsinki found that trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
This...
Your microbes and you: the good, bad and ugly
Microscopic creatures—including bacteria, fungi and viruses—can make you ill. But what you may not realize is that trillions of microbes are living in and...
COVID-19 treatment evusheld: What you need to know
What is it? Evusheld is a monoclonal antibody, but different than the other medications listed above. It combines two drugs, tixagevimab and cilgavimab.
It is not...
Finger length could help predict severe COVID-19
Scientists from Swansea University found the link between levels of sex hormones in the womb and in puberty and COVID hospitalizations.
The research is published...
Unvaccinated people with heart disease 9 times more likely to die in COVID-19
Scientists from the Queen Mary University of London found that unvaccinated people with high blood pressure, diabetes, or major heart damage are up to...
COVID treatment molnupiravir: What you need to know
What is it? Molnupiravir, also known by the brand name Lagevrio, was developed by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.
It was heralded as a potential game-changer when...
Some blood types could cause severe COVID-19, study finds
Scientists from King’s College London found blood proteins that could cause or prevent severe COVID-19.
The research is published in PLOS Genetics and was conducted...
Facemasks may reduce severity of COVID-19
Scientists from McMaster University found that facemasks may reduce the severity of COVID-19 and pressure on health systems.
The finding showed the population-level consequences of...