Pfizer or Moderna booster only provide temporary protection against omicron
Scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine—Qatar found that a recent Pfizer or Moderna mRNA-vaccine booster provided good but temporary protection against infection by the SARS-CoV-2...
Brain damage caused by COVID-19 persist in many people
Scientists from the University of California San Diego found brain symptoms of COVID-19 persist in the majority of long-haulers.
They found that while many patients...
Omicron hit rural America harder than cities, study finds
Scientists from the University of Cincinnati found the omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2021 and early 2022 spread like a grass...
Scientists find more than 1,000 genes linked to severe COVID-19
Scientists from Stanford and the University of Sheffield found there are specific genetic signals in people who develop severe COVID19 infection.
The research is published...
Slow walkers have ‘four times higher’ COVID-19 death risk
Scientists from the University of Leicester found slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19 and have over twice the...
Omicron infection cannot boost your COVID-19 immunity effectively
Scientists from Imperial College London found that people infected with the omicron variant show poor immune boosting against future SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The research is published...
330,000 in US died needlessly during COVID-19 pandemic, study finds
Scientists from Yale and elsewhere found evidence that hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved during the pandemic if people in the...
Common asthma drug may help treat COVID-19, study finds
In a recent study from the Indian Institute of Science, scientists found that a drug used to treat asthma and allergies can bind to...
Moderna has an Omicron-specific booster shot. Does it change anything?
Moderna is seeking authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection specifically against the Omicron variant of...
COVID-19 can harm brain health in the long run
COVID-19 patients commonly report having headaches, confusion and other neurological symptoms, but doctors don’t fully understand how the disease targets the brain during infection.
In...