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Study reveals safety of COVID mRNA vaccines for patients with heart failure

COVID mRNA vaccines are associated with a decreased risk of death in patients with heart failure, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.

22 Aug 2022

Scientists show close link between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in wastewater

Scientists show that there is a close association between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in wastewater, with the viral loads picking up to two days before the cases were detected.

22 Aug 2022

CDC's updated COVID-19 guidance aims to help people better understand their risk and protect themselves

Today, CDC is streamlining its COVID-19 guidance to help people better understand their risk, how to protect themselves and others, what actions to take if exposed to COVID-19, and what actions to take if they are sick or test positive for the virus.

22 Aug 2022

COVID vaccine mandates found to be effective for nursing home staff

In he summer of 2021, states began announcing COVID vaccine mandates for nursing home staff as a strategy to improve vaccination rates and help control COVID infections in nursing homes.

22 Aug 2022

Taste rehabilitation method shows potential as a new treatment for taste disorders

Many patients suffer from taste disorders due to a variety of causes, and in recent years the number of such patients has skyrocketed even further due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

22 Aug 2022

Myocarditis risk greater after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Among nearly 43 million people in England, ages 13 and older, who received at least one dose and up to 3 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, fewer than 3,000 people (0.007%) were hospitalized or died with myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, during the study period of December 1, 2020 through December 15, 2021.

22 Aug 2022

Marijuana and hallucinogen use by young adults reached historic highs in 2021

Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, reaching historic highs in this age group since 1988, according to the Monitoring the Future (MTF) panel study.

22 Aug 2022

First two years of the COVID-19 pandemic caused excess deaths in the United States

In a new study, researchers used seasonal autoregressive integrated moving averages to estimate excess mortality, defined as the difference between the number of observed and expected deaths, in the US.

22 Aug 2022

Study reveals safety and uptake of sotrovimab against severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in England

In a newly released study, researchers explored the sotrovimab uptake for severe COVID-19 prophylaxis and its safety across the community populations in England.

22 Aug 2022

Serious health events rare in children after COVID-19 vaccine booster, says CDC study

Researchers published the effects of a homologous booster dose of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in children aged five to 11 years.

22 Aug 2022

How effective are nanotechnology-based vaccines, drugs, and antibodies to combat variants of SARS-CoV-2?

Researchers explored how effectively nanotechnology-based novel and potential vaccines, drugs, and monoclonal antibodies could combat the current and yet to emerge SARS-CoV-2 variants.

22 Aug 2022

Research reveals cetylpyridinium chloride in mouthwash shows anti-SARS-CoV-2 effects

A recent study has demonstrated the antiviral effectiveness of cetylpyridinium chloride against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

22 Aug 2022

Grassroots work leads to vaccination success in Georgia refugee community

Naw Mu Chaw had questions about the possible side effects of a covid-19 vaccine.

22 Aug 2022

Study shows rapid waning of immune protection due to prior BA.1/BA.2 infection against BA.5 breakthrough infection

Researchers investigated the waning of protective immunity conferred by prior infection by Omicron sub-variants BA.1, BA.2 towards its most recent sub-variant BA.5.

22 Aug 2022

What is the prevalence of bacterial co-infections during COVID-19?

Researchers evaluated the characteristics and prevalence of bacterial co-infections with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections.

22 Aug 2022

The effectiveness of three repurposed drugs in preventing serious SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-hospitalized adults

Researchers conducted a phase III clinical trial to test the effectiveness of three repurposed drugs - metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine, in preventing progression to severe COVID-19.

22 Aug 2022

Durability of immune protection after booster immunization with COVID-19 adjuvanted subunit vaccine against the immune-evasive Omicron BA.1 variant

Researchers explored the durability of immunity imparted by the SARS-CoV-2 adjuvanted subunit vaccine against the Omicron variant.

22 Aug 2022

covid 19 News and Research

Study reveals safety of COVID mRNA vaccines for patients with heart failure

Scientists show close link between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in wastewater

CDC's updated COVID-19 guidance aims to help people better understand their risk and protect themselves

COVID vaccine mandates found to be effective for nursing home staff

Taste rehabilitation method shows potential as a new treatment for taste disorders

Myocarditis risk greater after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Marijuana and hallucinogen use by young adults reached historic highs in 2021

First two years of the COVID-19 pandemic caused excess deaths in the United States

Study reveals safety and uptake of sotrovimab against severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in England

Serious health events rare in children after COVID-19 vaccine booster, says CDC study

How effective are nanotechnology-based vaccines, drugs, and antibodies to combat variants of SARS-CoV-2?

Research reveals cetylpyridinium chloride in mouthwash shows anti-SARS-CoV-2 effects

Grassroots work leads to vaccination success in Georgia refugee community

Study shows rapid waning of immune protection due to prior BA.1/BA.2 infection against BA.5 breakthrough infection

What is the prevalence of bacterial co-infections during COVID-19?

The effectiveness of three repurposed drugs in preventing serious SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-hospitalized adults

Durability of immune protection after booster immunization with COVID-19 adjuvanted subunit vaccine against the immune-evasive Omicron BA.1 variant

How do different social settings impact super-spreading event formation and onward transmission generation?

Risk trajectories of post-COVID neurological and psychiatric outcomes

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