Extra 267,000 Infant Deaths in 2020 as a Result of COVID-19 Economic Downturn
Figures correspond to nearly 7% more than expected, show World Bank economist estimates. An extra 267,000 infants will likely have died in 2020 in low…
Figures correspond to nearly 7% more than expected, show World Bank economist estimates. An extra 267,000 infants will likely have died in 2020 in low…
Targets key part of the virus’ spike protein that changes little across variants. The virus that causes COVID-19 today is not the same as the…
Study supports widespread use of better masks to curb COVID-19 indoors. A new study is highlighting a need for widespread use of better face masks…
Giving moderately ill, hospitalized patients with COVID-19 a full dose of a blood thinner improved their chances of leaving the hospital without needing mechanical ventilation….
Researchers at CU Boulder have developed a platform that can quickly identify common mutations on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that allow it to escape antibodies and…
Video images capture for the first time in live animals the inexorable spread of the COVID-19 virus, tracking the infection as it moved from the…
Researchers design new COVID-19 therapy that uses a defective version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to drive the disease-causing version to extinction. What if the COVID-19…
Scientists have identified how and why some COVID-19 patients can develop life-threatening clots, which could lead to targeted therapies that prevent this from happening. The…
Mount Sinai researchers have found an important clue to a rare but serious aftereffect of COVID-19 in children, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children…
Antibodies Elicited by COVID-19 Vaccination Effective Against Delta Variant Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and…
In COVID-19 patients whose symptoms were mild, Stanford researchers found that they were more likely than sicker patients to have signs of prior infection by…
More than 3 million cases of COVID-19 prevented by early vaccines. The early COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the U.S. prevented nearly 140,000 deaths and 3…
New evidence shows that patients with Long COVID syndrome continue to have higher measures of blood clotting, which may help explain their persistent symptoms, such…
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new sample preparation method to detect SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The method…
While gut microbiota play a critical role in the induction of adaptive immune responses to influenza virus infection, the role of nasal bacteria in the…
Part of the university’s Return to Learn program, wastewater screening helped prevent outbreaks by detecting 85 percent of cases early, allowing for timely testing, contact…
Carolina researchers say downward trend in college drinking could change once students return to campus. First-year college students are reporting drinking less alcohol and having…
Lessons from the pandemic could inform how to deal with other global crises that require collective action, like climate change. Superspreading events have proven to…