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Efficacy of BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages and Deltacron

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Pfizer Vaccines Research & Development and BioNTech assessed the neutralization titers of sera from individuals vaccinated with the BNT162b2 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine and previously infected with the Omicron sublineage BA.1.

10 Jun 2022

Study finds Moderna COVID vaccine efficacy peaks at 94% after 120 days

A recent research letter posted to the JAMA Network Open assessed the durability of immunity conferred by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-1273 vaccine.

10 Jun 2022

Study reports robust immunity to SARS-CoV-2 including Omicron BA.1 for all three primary vaccines

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers in the United Kingdom investigated the effect of two Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine doses or Oxford/AstraZeneca AZ1222 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination and a subsequent BNT162b2 booster dose in a cohort of healthcare workers (HCWs) over six to nine months.

10 Jun 2022

First-of-its-kind study uses health data to build the most complete picture of COVID-19 pandemic

Study published in The Lancet Digital Health used health data from 57 million people in England to build the most complete picture of the pandemic in a single country to date.

9 Jun 2022

A comparison of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza cytokine storms

In a recent study published in the Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, researchers compared the cytokine storms of pandemic influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections.

9 Jun 2022

Study finds higher incidence of OCD symptoms among college students during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken millions of lives and infected hundreds of millions of people around the world. The pandemic has also had a profound impact on the mental health of everyone from health workers to students.

9 Jun 2022

COVID-19 vaccination associated with reduction in hospitalizations and mortality among heart failure patients

Heart failure patients who are unvaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are three times more likely to die if infected with the virus compared to fully boosted heart failure patients, according to new research out of Mount Sinai Heart.

9 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Taking a shot at gun control

The House passed a package of bills to restrict the availability of assault weapons to minors and other measures to curb gun violence, but talks in the Senate have yet to produce breakthroughs on what has been a legislative stalemate for years.

9 Jun 2022

Type of schooling students received pre-pandemic affected parents' perceived resilience

Parents accustomed to home schooling felt more resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic than those whose public-school children were suddenly housebound, according to a Rice University study.

9 Jun 2022

Comparison of the strictness of the Shanghai lockdown policy with that of other countries

Researchers investigated whether strict lockdowns could effectively reduce the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant transmission in Shanghai.

9 Jun 2022

The presence of residual SARS-CoV-2 antigens in post-convalescent tissues

Researchers investigated the residual SARS-CoV-2 antigen found in long COVID-19 patients.

9 Jun 2022

Lawmaker takes on insurance companies and gets personal about his health

Scott Wiener made a startling revelation at a spring legislative committee hearing: "I was in the hospital. I experienced the most intense abdominal pain that I could even imagine."

9 Jun 2022

The effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatments for post-viral syndromes and long COVID

A recent systematic review investigated the effectiveness of non-pharmacologic interventions for post-viral syndromes, including the post-COVID-19 syndrome.

9 Jun 2022

Insights on the T cell epitope landscape for the five main SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Researchers generated an AI resource to characterize the T cell epitope landscape for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.

9 Jun 2022

Cognitive impairment and function in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients

Researchers assessed the association between post-acute COVID-19 cognitive impairment and kynurenine pathway activation.

9 Jun 2022

University screening programs gave scientists early insights about omicron’s spread

Omicron was first reported in South Africa on Nov. 24, 2021, and within mere days it was already making the rounds in the United States, spiking SARS-CoV-2 case numbers as it infiltrated every school, restaurant, and family gathering. But when exactly did omicron unseat the delta variant to become dominant? And how quickly did it actually take over?

9 Jun 2022

People with inflammatory immune conditions had increased risk of COVID-19-related death before vaccination

People with certain inflammatory immune conditions affecting the joints, bowel and skin, such as rheumatoid arthritis, may have been more at risk of dying or needing hospital care if they got COVID-19 before vaccination compared with the general population, according to a new study published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

9 Jun 2022

Insilico Medicine plans to launch a fully automated AI-driven robotics lab for drug discovery

Insilico Medicine's end-to-end AI-driven drug discovery platform, Pharma.AI, draws its strength from the quality and quantity of its data. As Insilico scientific advisory board member and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Dr. Michael Levitt has said, Insilico's platform capitalizes on the ability of artificial intelligence to take vast amounts of data from many different components and find patterns and make predictions that can point the way to new life-saving medications.

9 Jun 2022

Public perceptions of e-cigarettes vs. cigarettes harms influence population tobacco use patterns

A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows perceptions of electronic or e-cigarettes as being "more harmful" than cigarettes by adults in the United States more than doubled between 2019-2020 and perceptions of e-cigarettes as "less harmful" declined between 2018-2020.

9 Jun 2022

SARS-CoV-2 is a generalist virus, infecting and evolving in numerous mammals and humans

In a recent article published in the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers illustrated zooanthroponotic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission and viral mutations specific to hosts.

8 Jun 2022

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Efficacy of BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages and Deltacron

Study finds Moderna COVID vaccine efficacy peaks at 94% after 120 days

Study reports robust immunity to SARS-CoV-2 including Omicron BA.1 for all three primary vaccines

First-of-its-kind study uses health data to build the most complete picture of COVID-19 pandemic

A comparison of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza cytokine storms

Study finds higher incidence of OCD symptoms among college students during the pandemic

COVID-19 vaccination associated with reduction in hospitalizations and mortality among heart failure patients

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Taking a shot at gun control

Type of schooling students received pre-pandemic affected parents' perceived resilience

Comparison of the strictness of the Shanghai lockdown policy with that of other countries

The presence of residual SARS-CoV-2 antigens in post-convalescent tissues

Lawmaker takes on insurance companies and gets personal about his health

The effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatments for post-viral syndromes and long COVID

Insights on the T cell epitope landscape for the five main SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Cognitive impairment and function in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients

University screening programs gave scientists early insights about omicron’s spread

People with inflammatory immune conditions had increased risk of COVID-19-related death before vaccination

Insilico Medicine plans to launch a fully automated AI-driven robotics lab for drug discovery

Public perceptions of e-cigarettes vs. cigarettes harms influence population tobacco use patterns

SARS-CoV-2 is a generalist virus, infecting and evolving in numerous mammals and humans

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