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Children with isolated symptoms as likely as those with multiple symptoms to test COVID-19 positive

A new study compares rates of coronavirus disease 2019 infection in children who reported no symptoms, one isolated symptom, or two or more symptoms during the circulation of the Delta variant.

21 Dec 2021

Efficacy of the mRNA-1273 vaccine against emerging COVID-19 variants

A new study emphasized the effectiveness of two doses of mRNA-1273 in preventing infection with SARS-CoV-2 and hospital admission with covid-19 due to variants including delta.

21 Dec 2021

Some groups are left out of Montana covid test giveaway program

As Montana's tally of new covid cases neared 1,000 each day in September, Shelly Stanley-Lehman worried about when the virus would reach her day care in Billings.

21 Dec 2021

Pandemic poses short- and long-term risks to babies, especially boys

The pandemic has created a hostile environment for pregnant people and their babies. Stress levels among expectant mothers have soared. Pregnant women with covid are five times as likely as uninfected pregnant people to require intensive care and 22 times as likely to die. Infected moms are four times as likely to have a stillborn child.

21 Dec 2021

Vulnerable children in UK faced a healthcare shortage during the pandemic period

A new preprint describes the pattern seen among children who needed healthcare during the pandemic, demonstrating how the vulnerable had a higher rate of care deficits.

21 Dec 2021

Estimating vaccine efficacy against COVID-like illness from omicron and other COVID-19 variants

A new study combines real-time syndromic surveillance data from daily cross-sectional surveys with a COVID-like illness (CLI) prevalence-based vaccine efficacy estimator to better explain the early onset of the omicron variant.

21 Dec 2021

Study finds scarcity in COVID-19 vaccine supply decreases perceived vaccination priority

Anyone who has taken an economics class probably remembers learning about scarcity. The concept of demand outpacing supply applies to the toilet paper shortage at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and helps explain how a spike in home-improvement projects last year contributed to skyrocketing lumber prices.

21 Dec 2021

Study examines the sustainability of interventions on HPV vaccination rates several years after completion

Approximately 45,300 Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers occur in the U.S. every year. HPV vaccination has the potential to prevent up to 80 percent of these cancers. While raising HPV vaccination rates has been a public health priority since 2014, improving these numbers has been slow and uneven.

21 Dec 2021

New method to detect SARS-CoV-2 helps get reliable results more quickly

You're worried that you may have been exposed to the coronavirus, so you decide to take a test. But which do you choose?

21 Dec 2021

Researchers create 'UV Curtain' that can sterilize rooms against coronaviruses

Researchers from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich have created a new system to protect areas from the virus, using a light-emitting diode (LED)-based ultraviolet C (UV-C) light curtain. Specific wavelengths of UV-C are known to inactivate viruses and bacteria, and this tool could help keep areas sterile.

20 Dec 2021

Booster shots improve CD8+ T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 in animal model

In a new study, published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, scientists showed in a mice model that three doses of the same synthetic peptide vaccine, eliciting an exclusive CD8+ T cell response against one SARS-CoV-2 Spike epitope, protected against lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection, in the absence of neutralizing antibodies. Researchers also showed that the third dose resulted in superior generation of effector-memory T cells in the circulation and tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells.

20 Dec 2021

An Omicron wave predicted for England from December 2021 to April 2022

A study, published on the medRxiv* preprint server, focuses on the interaction between Omicron variants and public health interventions in England that promote immunity.

20 Dec 2021

New report warns about failure to appreciate the complex nature of environmental risks

Complex risks to human health and wellbeing have been neglected by governments and NGOs because of a failure appreciate the complex nature of environmental risks, a new report warns.

20 Dec 2021

Researchers find a digital silver lining in failed COVID-19 drug trial

A clinical trial in which two test drugs failed to help patients with mild COVID-19 nevertheless had a silver lining: It proved the viability of a study model in which a medication's potential arrhythmic side effects are safely, effectively monitored without the participants ever setting foot in a hospital or clinic.

20 Dec 2021

New oral pill for COVID-19 home treatment

As cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in many countries, new treatments are being sought to arrest the progression of the disease, preventing severe illness and death or disability. One such is the small molecule molnupiravir, the focus of a new research paper.

20 Dec 2021

QTQTN motif upstream of furin-cleavage site in SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis

A new study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server aimed to demonstrate whether the loss of the QTQTN motif attenuates SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory cells in vitro and pathogenesis in hamsters.

20 Dec 2021

New study suggests most monoclonal antibody treatments are ineffective against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant

The arrival of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant has brought into question the effectiveness of current COVID-19 treatments in preventing infection and death. New research published in the preprint bioRxiv* server suggests the efficacy of most monoclonal antibody treatments are ineffective against Omicron.

20 Dec 2021

New Omicron variant may be better at evading vaccine-induced antibodies, research shows

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 may be significantly better than previous variants at evading vaccine-induced antibodies, according to new research from Cambridge - but preliminary evidence suggests it is less likely to cause severe COVID-19 illness in the lungs.

20 Dec 2021

£316 million funding boost to protect tens of thousands of people from homelessness

Tens of thousands of people will be protected from homelessness as a result of a £316 million funding boost, announced by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities today (21 December 2021).

20 Dec 2021

Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 exhibits striking antibody evasion

Researchers discuss the likely impact on current convalescent therapies and immunity of vaccinated individuals against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

20 Dec 2021

covid 19 News and Research

Children with isolated symptoms as likely as those with multiple symptoms to test COVID-19 positive

Efficacy of the mRNA-1273 vaccine against emerging COVID-19 variants

Some groups are left out of Montana covid test giveaway program

Pandemic poses short- and long-term risks to babies, especially boys

Vulnerable children in UK faced a healthcare shortage during the pandemic period

Estimating vaccine efficacy against COVID-like illness from omicron and other COVID-19 variants

Study finds scarcity in COVID-19 vaccine supply decreases perceived vaccination priority

Study examines the sustainability of interventions on HPV vaccination rates several years after completion

New method to detect SARS-CoV-2 helps get reliable results more quickly

Researchers create 'UV Curtain' that can sterilize rooms against coronaviruses

Booster shots improve CD8+ T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 in animal model

An Omicron wave predicted for England from December 2021 to April 2022

New report warns about failure to appreciate the complex nature of environmental risks

Researchers find a digital silver lining in failed COVID-19 drug trial

New oral pill for COVID-19 home treatment

QTQTN motif upstream of furin-cleavage site in SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis

New study suggests most monoclonal antibody treatments are ineffective against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant

New Omicron variant may be better at evading vaccine-induced antibodies, research shows

£316 million funding boost to protect tens of thousands of people from homelessness

Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 exhibits striking antibody evasion

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