O My, Here’s Omicron – Experts Share Their Thoughts on the New COVID-19 Variant
UC Riverside experts share their thoughts on the new COVID-19 variant. The heavily mutated variant of COVID-19, named Omicron by the World Health Organization, or…
UC Riverside experts share their thoughts on the new COVID-19 variant. The heavily mutated variant of COVID-19, named Omicron by the World Health Organization, or…
A 61-year-old patient suffered from severe post-COVID-19 respiratory failure after three months on an artificial lung that oxygenates blood and multiple treatment-related complications. Doctors in…
COVID-19 vaccination provides a foundation of protection that’s enhanced by breakthrough infection; ‘the key is to get vaccinated.’ Breakthrough infections greatly enhance immune response to…
Sensor Based on Quantum Physics Could Detect SARS-CoV-2 Virus Mathematical simulations show the new approach may offer faster, cheaper, and more accurate detection, including identifying…
Researchers show that study participants can be safely, effectively monitored at home for drugs’ potential arrhythmic effects. A clinical trial in which two test drugs…
A proof-of-concept trial has identified a drug that may offer benefit some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia. A proof-of-concept trial led by the Universities of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that zoonotic diseases – infections that pass from animals to humans – can present tremendous threats to global health. More…
Survey conducted in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland suggests that COVID-19 lockdown measures exacerbated chronic pain, particularly among women. COVID-19 lockdown measures appear to have had…
The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s lives. Two particularly complicated concepts are vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. These are…
An investigational COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax was found to be 90 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 illness, according to results from a Phase 3…
When animals catch COVID-19 from humans, new SARS-CoV-2 variants can arise. To evaluate this phenomenon, an interdisciplinary team at the College of Veterinary Medicine and…
Just 1.6 cases per 100,000 in younger individuals (12-39 years) after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine; Findings support the overall safety of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. A study…
COVID-19 may have spread faster in US because first symptom was cough. Study by USC researchers finds that the order of symptoms in the first…
False positive reactivity in earliest RT-PCR tests due to contamination and design errors. The earliest batch of COVID-19 tests distributed by the US Centers for…
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a nanoparticle released from cells, called a “supermere,” which contains enzymes, proteins, and RNA associated with multiple…
Now that kids ages 5 to 11 are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination and the number of fully vaccinated people in the U.S. is rising, many…
Kaiser Permanente study shows 2-dose Moderna vaccine is highly effective against COVID-19 hospitalization, but protection against delta infection decreases over time. Kaiser Permanente research published…
Blood pressure control worsened in both men and women with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020. Women and older…