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With so many health experts, public officials, and organizations pushing for COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters, you may be wondering why vaccinated individuals are still getting…
Replacing margarine, butter, mayonnaise and dairy fat with olive oil was associated with lower mortality risk. Consuming more than 7 grams (>1/2 tablespoon) of olive…
Governments need to be careful about the messaging around compulsory mask wearing to ensure the policy is fully effective, say researchers. When officials in Bangladesh…
Ontario saw nine times more emergency department (ED) visits per month for cannabis poisonings in young children under the age of 10 after Canada legalized…
With help from 2,000 Framingham Heart Study participants, BU researchers studied how much being sedentary, walking, and routine exercise impacts fitness. Exercise is healthy. That…
Disulfiram, a treatment for alcoholism, may cut severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, reduce likelihood of dying from COVID-19. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there’s a need for…
National poll shows nearly half of those previously vaccinated remain resistant to boosters. A national poll finds that nearly half (47%) of previously vaccinated…
At-home rapid COVID-19 tests are getting harder to find leading up to the Christmas holiday. Adding to the confusion, new preliminary information that suggests some…
The protection offered by the Oxford-Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine declines after three months of receiving two doses, a study says. The findings – drawn from…
Austrian researchers developed detailed epidemiological model for the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes. Researchers from TU Graz and Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna…
A study conducted at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University Hospital suggests that the APOE4 allele may also increase cerebral microhemorrhages related to…
Omicron, the first COVID-19 variant to have been upgraded to a variant of concern (VOC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a matter of…
The Ad5-nCoV vaccine, developed in China, is 57.5% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 infection and 91.7% effective against severe COVID-19 beginning 28 days post-vaccination, according to…
Scientists unsure if wild deer could be SARS-CoV-2 virus reservoir. Scientists have detected infection by at least three variants of the virus that causes COVID-19…
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) today announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in a Canada…
How do scientists detect new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19? The answer is a process called DNA sequencing. Researchers sequence DNA to determine…
The most likely order of symptoms that COVID-19 patients experience is different for different variants of the virus, according to a new study published on…
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…