Younger and healthy adults may not need 4th COVID vaccine shot, study finds
In a recent study from the Sheba Medical Center, scientists found that the fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines offers little benefit to younger...
Dominant omicron subvariants can evade COVID-19 vaccines and antibody treatments
Scientists from Columbia University found the latest omicron subvariants—including the BA.4 and BA.5 forms causing new surges in infections in the United States—are even...
Vaccination after infection may decrease your risk of long COVID
Scientists from Office for National Statistics found that vaccination after infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is associated with a decrease in...
Scientists develop rapid COVID-19 test to identify variants in hours
Scientists from UT Southwestern developed CoVarScan, a rapid COVID-19 test that detects the signatures of eight hotspots on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
They showed that their...
2 in 5 COVID-19 survivors get a new disability, study finds
In a recent study from Monash University, scientists found six months after recovering from COVID-19 critical illness, one in five people had died, and...
Scientists develop new COVID-19 antibody test that does not use blood
Despite significant and stunning advances in vaccine technology, the COVID-19 global pandemic is not over.
A key challenge in limiting the spread of severe acute...
Antibodies less effective fighting omicron subvariants, study finds
Scientists from Leibniz Institute for Primate Research found that emerging omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 are inhibited less efficiently by antibodies.
The research is...
This monitor at home can help with early detection of COVID-19
Scientists from Imperial College London found measuring blood oxygen levels at home is a safe way for people with COVID-19 to spot signs that...
These drugs can effectively fight against Omicron subvariant
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found the antiviral therapies remdesivir, molnupiravir, and the active ingredient in Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill (nirmatrelvir), remain effective against...
Scientists find how COVID-19 attacks the heart
Scientists from the Bochum university hospital found how COVID-19 attack the heart.
In the study, the team found that SARS-Cov-2 infects human cardiac muscle cells...